These were among the options explored by OpenAI’s founders as they weighed the best structure to enable the company to raise enough capital to take on Google while retaining its non-profit mission. Ultimately, OpenAI’s executives were not persuaded by Musk’s proposals. Zilis told Musk’s then-chief of staff Sam Teller in a February 2018 email: “They all think Elon is an incredible human being but that he really hasn’t done his homework AI/AGI and that really concerns them about working with him.” Musk left OpenAI’s board in early 2018, and OpenAI went on to restructure as a for-profit entity with a charitable arm. The world’s richest man is suing the company in a case that could alter the fate of OpenAI, which has grown to be an $852 billion behemoth with aspirations for a public listing as early as this year. Musk claims Altman, Brockman, and OpenAI unjustly enriched themselves by converting the start-up into a for-profit company.…