
根据意向书的正式文件记录,埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)和一群投资者提出以973.75亿美元“现金”收购OpenAI的运营资产。该意向书将5月10日定为接受或拒绝收购要约的最后期限。
这份四页意向书于上周三被递交至加州联邦法院。文件中指出,马斯克一方预计会对“包括营利性实体在内的OpenAI财务预测进行详细审查,重点关注收入增长以及息税折旧摊销前利润的关键驱动因素”。
这封意向书首次披露了马斯克出人意料地对ChatGPT制造商发起敌意收购的具体细节。马斯克的律师上周一宣布,这群投资者主动向OpenAI提出了收购要约,但实际交易条款尚未公布。OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥特曼(Sam Altman)公开拒绝了这一收购要约,不过该公司董事会尚未做出正式回应。
意向书中写道:“买方预计将以百分之百的现金支付总收购价款。”意向书中还补充说,“买方不会将第三方债务融资作为完成交易的先决条件。”
在这封意向书中,加入马斯克及其人工智能公司xAI的投资者财团包括Baron Capital Group、Valor Management、Atreides Management、Vy Fund III、Emanuel Capital Management和Eight Partners VC。
作为买方尽职调查流程的一部分,该意向书指出,OpenAI必须向买方提供“与业务相关的公司任何资产、设施、设备、账簿和记录的访问权限”,并允许买方接触与业务相关的“特定人员”。
这封由埃隆·马斯克签署的四页意向书,已被OpenAI的律师作为马斯克、奥特曼和OpenAI之间正在进行的诉讼的证据提交至法院卷宗之中。OpenAI的律师称,这封意向书“进一步揭露”了马斯克(OpenAI人工智能领域竞争对手xAI的首席执行官)最近提出的一项动议企图破坏OpenAI。
该意向书为OpenAI设定了三个月的期限,要求其要么同意出售,要么书面拒绝谈判,要么双方同意放弃。
该意向书称,974亿美元的估值基于“买方截至目前所能获取的OpenAI的历史财务业绩以及对公司的预测”,不过该意向书也指出,最终价格将取决于谈判和其他条款。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
根据意向书的正式文件记录,埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)和一群投资者提出以973.75亿美元“现金”收购OpenAI的运营资产。该意向书将5月10日定为接受或拒绝收购要约的最后期限。
这份四页意向书于上周三被递交至加州联邦法院。文件中指出,马斯克一方预计会对“包括营利性实体在内的OpenAI财务预测进行详细审查,重点关注收入增长以及息税折旧摊销前利润的关键驱动因素”。
这封意向书首次披露了马斯克出人意料地对ChatGPT制造商发起敌意收购的具体细节。马斯克的律师上周一宣布,这群投资者主动向OpenAI提出了收购要约,但实际交易条款尚未公布。OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥特曼(Sam Altman)公开拒绝了这一收购要约,不过该公司董事会尚未做出正式回应。
意向书中写道:“买方预计将以百分之百的现金支付总收购价款。”意向书中还补充说,“买方不会将第三方债务融资作为完成交易的先决条件。”
在这封意向书中,加入马斯克及其人工智能公司xAI的投资者财团包括Baron Capital Group、Valor Management、Atreides Management、Vy Fund III、Emanuel Capital Management和Eight Partners VC。
作为买方尽职调查流程的一部分,该意向书指出,OpenAI必须向买方提供“与业务相关的公司任何资产、设施、设备、账簿和记录的访问权限”,并允许买方接触与业务相关的“特定人员”。
这封由埃隆·马斯克签署的四页意向书,已被OpenAI的律师作为马斯克、奥特曼和OpenAI之间正在进行的诉讼的证据提交至法院卷宗之中。OpenAI的律师称,这封意向书“进一步揭露”了马斯克(OpenAI人工智能领域竞争对手xAI的首席执行官)最近提出的一项动议企图破坏OpenAI。
该意向书为OpenAI设定了三个月的期限,要求其要么同意出售,要么书面拒绝谈判,要么双方同意放弃。
该意向书称,974亿美元的估值基于“买方截至目前所能获取的OpenAI的历史财务业绩以及对公司的预测”,不过该意向书也指出,最终价格将取决于谈判和其他条款。(财富中文网)
译者:中慧言-王芳
Elon Musk and group of investors have offered to pay $97.375 billion “in cash” for the operating assets of OpenAI, according to the official letter of intent which sets a May 10 deadline for the offer to be accepted or rejected.
The four-page letter of intent, which was filed in a federal California court on Wednesday, states that Musk’s party expects to conduct a detailed review of OpenAI’s “financial projections including as to the OpenAI For- Profit Entities, with a focus on the key drivers of revenue growth and EBITDA.”
The letter reveals the first concrete details about Musk’s surprise hostile bid to acquire the maker of ChatGPT. Musk’s lawyer announced on Monday that the group of investors had made an unsolicited bid for OpenAI, but the actual terms of the deal were not yet public. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly rejected the offer in a tweet on Monday, though the company’s board has yet to make an official response.
The “buyer anticipates that one hundred percent (100%) of the total purchase price would be paid in cash,” reads the letter, which adds that the “Buyer will not require third-party debt financing to be a contingency to closing the Transaction.”
Among the consortium of investors joining Musk and his AI company, xAI, that are listed in the letter are Baron Capital Group, Valor Management, Atreides Management, Vy Fund III, Emanuel Capital Management, and Eight Partners VC.
As part of the buyer’s due diligence process, the letter states that OpenAI must grant it “access to any assets, facilities, equipment, books, and records of the Company in connection with the Business,” as well as access to “particular personnel” involved in the business.
The four-page letter, which was signed by Elon Musk, was submitted into the case file as an exhibit in the ongoing lawsuit between Musk and Altman and OpenAI by OpenAI’s attorney. OpenAI’s lawyers allege that the letter “further exposes” that a recent motion was an attempt by Musk, who is CEO of AI competitor xAI, to undermine OpenAI.
The letter set a three-month deadline for OpenAI to agree to a sale, decline negotiation in writing, or for both parties to agree to walk away.
The $97.4 billion valuation was based on OpenAI’s “historical financial results as well as projections for the Company available to Buyer to date,” according to the letter, though it also says that the final price will depend on negotiation and other terms.