Archive · 31 Oct 2025

Sam Altman Demands Tesla Refund After 7.5 Year Wait

Sam Altman Demands Tesla Refund After 7.5 Year Wait

Imagine you really wanted a special toy and paid some money to reserve it, promising it would come soon.

Sam Altman, who runs a company called OpenAI, did this for a car from Tesla, a company owned by Elon Musk.

He paid a lot of money, like $45,000, and waited for over seven years!

He finally decided he wanted his money back because he waited so long.

But when he tried to send an email to ask for his refund, the email didn't even go through.

It bounced back, like a message getting lost in the mail.

Sam shared this story online, and people were surprised.

Some joked about it, and others mentioned that Tesla has had issues with long waits for their special car, the Roadster, before.

It’s like waiting forever for that toy and then not even being able to tell the toy store you want your money back.

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