This maxim guides potentially trillions of dollars of capital, investor glee and pain, and the clout of OpenAI boss Sam Altman and his nemesis Elon Musk. Their years-long feud cranked up on Monday, when the Tesla (TSLA.

STORY: There was deepening confusion Tuesday over the status of Elon Musk’s bid to acquire OpenAI. A day earlier, the Tesla-boss-turned-Trump-ally said he had offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls the ChatGPT maker.

OpenAI is considering granting special voting rights to its non-profit board to preserve the power of its directors, as the ChatGPT-maker fends off an unsolicited takeover bid from Elon Musk, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.