Exclusive: OpenAI is not for sale, CEO Sam Altman says

What he's saying: "There's been like versions of Elon trying to, you know, somehow take control of OpenAI for a long time, so, it's like, okay, here's this week's episode," Altman told Axios.

• "OpenAI is not for sale. OpenAI's mission is not for sale - to say nothing of the fact that, like, a competitor who is not able to beat us in the market and you know, instead is just trying to say, like, 'I'm gonna buy this" with total disregard for the mission is a likely path there."

Catch up quick: In December, OpenAI confirmed a plan to restructure its operations, in a move that would separate its large and growing business from the nonprofit board that currently oversees it.

• Altman said the board has not determined a valuation for OpenAI's operations yet, and was still in the process of sorting that out.
• "There's so much misreporting about what the board is planning to do here. I don't think the narrative in the press is accurate across the board," Altman said.

• "There's a lot of complicated structural things about how to get this set up right for the long term."

Behind the scenes: Musk's offer may be intended to tweak both OpenAI and Altman, as part of his ongoing litigation against the organization.

• Part of his complaint has been that OpenAI has strayed from the original mission he supported as its co-founder.
• Altman responded to the offer Monday by posting on X: "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want."

Editor's Note: This story has been updated with details on the offer for OpenAI.