Elon Musk credited himself as the driving force behind the establishment of OpenAI during an interview on Tuesday.

"I am the reason OpenAI exists," Musk said, adding, "I came up with the name." 

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The Tesla CEO said that the name OpenAI refers to open source. He said that considering Google had a monopoly at the time with their acquisition of DeepMind, he wanted to build a company that would be the opposite of the tech giant. That means an open-sourced, non-profit entity. 

The tech billionaire stated that he invested close to $50 million in OpenAI and then compared the transition of ChatGPT-parent from being a non-profit to a for-profit organization with an example related to Amazon rainforest. "Let's say you funded an organization to save the Amazon rainforest and they said they became a lumbar company and chopped down the forest." 

Musk also reasserted his questions about Microsoft and OpenAI's deal. He questioned, "What exactly is the relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft." 

The tech mogul believes that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) might be more in control of OpenAI. "At any point, Microsoft can cutoff OpenAI"

It was previously reported that Musk wanted to run OpenAI, the company he co-founded in 2015 and left in 2018 over some disagreements — by himself, but fellow co-founder Sam Altman and others turned down his proposal.

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