Opelai CEO Sam Altman discusses the company’s new data center in Texas.
Opelai CEO Sam Altman is looking to build, teach or buy a rocket company in a move that could see him compete in the space race against Elon Musk, according to reports.
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Altman has been exploring buying or merging with an existing rocket supplier for cash.
The report highlighted Altman’s goal of supporting field-based data centers to enable the next generation of artificial intelligence systems.
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Sam Altman, Chief Executive Officer of Openai Inc., is seen during the AI Action conference in Paris, France, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Altlet also claimed that Altman has already approached at least the rocket maker, a Washington-based facility, in the summer, and negotiations are gaining momentum in the fall.
Among these proposals was a series of multibillion dollar investments from OpenAI that could eventually give the company a controlling stake in the stock market.
Those talks are quiet, according to sources close to Opelai, the report said.
Altman’s Rocket OUFTY comes as his company faces scrutiny for its aggressive expansion plans, according to a fishing street magazine.
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Opena has already signed up for billions of dollars in new commitments, although it offers little clarity on how it will satisfy the massive build.
Earlier this week, Altman announced a “broad red code” after ChatGpt began losing its Gemini chatbot, prompting OpenAI to delay other teams and ask employees to fire teams to improve its flagship product.
With Altman, interest in the pockets aligned with the idea that AI’s demand for power will throw the payment infrastructure out of the world.
He has been an advocate for space data centers to integrate solar power into space while avoiding environmental problems on Earth.
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Stoke Space, founded by Blue Origin engineers, is developing a fully renewable rocket called Nova, which reports say is similar to what SPACEX wants to achieve.
The Street Journal emphasized that the proposed partnership would have given Altman a significant leg up in the space industry.
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Opelai CEO Sam Altman, left, rejected a bid from Spacex and Cesla CEO Elon Musk, right, to buy his company. (Sall Gallup / Andrew Harnik / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Altman’s comments highlight the ongoing rivalry between him and Musk. The Acaras founded Opelai in 2015, then rebelled against the company’s direction, and Musk left three years later.
Since then, Musk has launched his own AI firm, XAI, while Altman has grown OpenAi’s ambitions and recently supported projects that compete directly with Musk’s employees, including the start of COMPAING-COMPOKHTRACE.
Altman was arrested for his philanthropic wishes earlier this year.
“I think a lot of ground is covered in data centers over time,” he recently told Theo von. “Like, maybe we build a giant dyson around the solar system and it says, ‘Yeah, it doesn’t really make sense to put this stuff on earth’.”
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Then in June, he asked, “Should I start a rocket company?” Before adding, “I hope that ultimately humanity consumes more energy than we can produce in the world,” he said.
FOX Business has reached out to Opelai for comment.
