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Elon Musk has expressed his intention to withdraw his $97.4 billion bid to acquire OpenAI’s nonprofit arm if the company’s board agrees to preserve its charitable mission and stop its transition to a for-profit entity. In a recent court filing, Musk’s legal team emphasized that the bid would be retracted if OpenAI’s board halted the conversion process, which Musk claims contradicts the nonprofit’s original mission. The filing, submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is the latest development in ongoing tensions between Musk and OpenAI, where Musk has previously filed a lawsuit alleging anticompetitive behavior. OpenAI, originally founded as a nonprofit, transitioned to a capped-profit model in 2019 and is now undergoing restructuring to become a public benefit corporation. OpenAI’s board and CEO Sam Altman have rejected Musk’s proposal, stating that the nonprofit is not for sale.