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- Elon Musk claims he was offered but declined shares in OpenAI, a company he cofounded.
- Musk split with OpenAI in 2018 and has since been a critic.
- OpenAI, now worth $80 billion, recently allowed staff to cash out their shares.
Elon Musk claims he was offered shares in OpenAI at "various points" but says it "seemed unethical/illegal to accept them."
He was cochair of the AI company along with Sam Altman when it was founded in December 2015 and pledged $1 billion to the project.