Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X.

Although both men were founders of OpenAI, of which Altman is CEO, they later became involved in social media, court filings and Corporate blog postWhen the last exchange started Altman posted What he calls “a tale of three jobs,” including screenshots showing that he reserved a Tesla Roadster in 2018, then recently tried to cancel it and request a refund of his $50,000 reservation fee, only to have his email bounced.

“I was really excited for the car!” Altman wrote. “And I understand the delay. But 7.5 years seems like a long time to wait.”

The second generation Roadster was a sports car It was first announced in November 2017 But it happened Push back repeatedlyWith Musk (Tesla CEO) saying this recently A new version will be unveiled by the end of this year.

Musk first responded to Altman’s post through writing“You steal a non-profit,” is a criticism that he Altman and directed at OpenAI Before — not just tweets, but also case And Takeover bid seeking to block OpenAI’s efforts to restructure as a profitable company (a process which OpenAI was recently completedIts non-profit arm still retains control over the for-profit Public Benefit Corporation).

Kasturi even has a rival AI startup, xAI, which OpenAI and Apple are suing The two companies are alleged to be colluding to stifle competition. (Altman said The complaint is “remarkable … considering what I’ve heard alleging that Elon manipulates X to benefit himself and his own company and to harm his competitors and people he doesn’t like.”).

Apart from repeating the criticisms of Altman and OpenAI, Kasturi also suggested today That Altman’s screenshots don’t tell the full story: “And you forgot to mention Act 4, where this problem was fixed and you got a refund within 24 hours. But that’s in your nature.”