Billionaire Vinod Khosla, Sun Microsystems co-founder, criticizes Elon Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit as “sour grapes.” Khosla suggests Musk’s legal action results from his belated entry and insufficient commitment to the AI field. Musk, a former substantial OpenAI donor during its non-profit phase, contrasts with Vinod Khosla, the initial venture capitalist to invest in the company’s private enterprise transition in 2019. Khosla conveys his sentiments on X (previously Twitter), asserting:
With @elonmusk , feels like a bit of sour grapes in suing @OpenAI , not getting in early enough, not staying committed and now a rival effort. Like they say if you can't innovate, litigate and that's what we have here. Elon of old would would be building with us to hit the same…
— Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla) March 2, 2024
via X (@vkhosla)
Elon Musk promptly rebuffed Khosla’s remarks, responding succinctly:
Vinod doesn’t know what he is talking about here
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2024
via X (@elonmusk)
A user also remarked:
Haha ! He was a founder. Earliest funder . Came up with the name even. https://t.co/fQHpRENRN0
