Billionaire Elon Musk tried to convince Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to get behind a joint purchase bid for OpenAI earlier this year, according to court documents.

That’s according to court filings, which state that Musk asked the Meta CEO about “potential financing arrangements or investments” before sending his letter of intent. Neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed it.

OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, said Musk had communicated with Zuckerberg about potential financing arrangements or investments in connection with his OpenAI bid, according to the court filing. OpenAI said Musk had disclosed his communications with Zuckerberg about the company during sworn interrogations.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk must face a lawsuit over allegations that his political action committee committed fraud by telling voters they had a chance to randomly win $1 million despite the winners being predetermined.

Elon Musk faces a lawsuit over a $1 million petition giveaway that accuses him of misleading voters in battleground states.

The fallout from Elon Musk's relatively brief yet controversial foray into politics continues. A federal judge in Texas has rejected Musk's attempt to have the court toss out a proposed class action suit brought by an Arizona resident over Musk's pledge to randomly award $1 million per day to people who signed a petition in key battleground states,