Elon and Mark Text About Buying AI Like Teens Plotting Prom Together
KEY POINTS
- ā¢In early February 2025, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg exchanged texts about Muskās unofficial White House DOGE office, showing deep mutual business oddity.
- ā¢Elon asked Zuckerberg if he wanted to join a $97.4 billion bid for OpenAIās intellectual property, sparking plans for a call that might not have happened.
- ā¢Muskās lawsuit alleging deception over OpenAIās nonprofit status seeks $134 billion in damages, with jury selection set for April 27, 2026, in Oakland.
In a dazzling display of tech titan bromance and borderline cartoon villainy, Elon Musk pinged Meta's Mark Zuckerberg at 10:04 p.m. on February 3, 2025, cosily discussing the 'White House DOGE office'āaka Musk's quirky pet project. Mark reassured Elon that his 'teams' were 'on alert' to police threats against Muskās crew, then offered help before Elon casually asked if Mark wanted in on a $97.4 billion bid for OpenAIās IP. Zuck replied with 'Want to discuss live?' They planned a morning call, though if it happened remains a cliffhanger. Muskās bid, a power move to block OpenAI's for-profit pivot, came with the legal spectacle of Musk suing his own cofounders for 'deception,' demanding $134 billion. Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman cheekily countered Muskās takeover offer by joking about buying Twitter for $9.74 billion. All this unfolds against a backdrop of leaked letters to California regulators and the ongoing drama of legal filings and MMA fight threats, proving billionairesā text fights are the cliffhanger season none of us deserved.
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(1 of 3)Nothing screams stable tech CEO friendship like texting about DOGE security at 10 p.m. and plotting to buy AI for nearly $100 billion the next day. Billionaire bro time is weird, wild, and mildly unsettling.
When your late-night texts about internet dog currency segue into billion-dollar AI takeovers, maybe just stick to memes.
Musk and Zuckerberg cooking up a suit-worthy drama over OpenAI sounds like the š of tech soap operas nobody asked for.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 3/28/2026 | Author: Katherine Li
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