Elon Musk shot down OpenAI's proposed ICO in 2018: court filing

Musk and his legal team claims that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, two of OpenAI’s founders, wanted to launch a token in early 2018 to help make the company profitable.At the time, Musk said “it would simply result in a massive loss of credibility for OpenAI and everyone associated with the ICO.”