OpenAI has stated in response to Musk's lawsuit that as early as the end of 2017, Musk agreed that OpenAI needed a profit-making entity to obtain resources for building AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After failing to gain control of OpenAI, Musk even suggested merging OpenAI with Tesla to compete against Google. OpenAI has released emails from the period of 2015-2018 exchanged with Musk as evidence.