tech
May 6, 2026
Shivon's emails aren’t great for Musk.
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

TL;DR
- Shivon Zilis advocated for merging OpenAI into Tesla.
- She believed Tesla could immediately solve OpenAI's funding issues.
- Zilis suggested that integrating OpenAI into Tesla would offer a strategic advantage through stealth.
- She felt the advantages of this integration had not been internalized.