Elon Musk is reportedly putting together $97 billion with some private equity muscle to try and take over OpenAI. If your first reaction is “what could possibly go wrong?”—you’re not alone.

Look, I’ve got respect for innovation. But concentration of power like this? Dangerous. When one man has his hands on rockets, cars, satellites, and now the leading generative AI firm? That’s not synergy—that’s a digital monopoly in slow motion.

This industry thrives on diversity—of thought, of code, of culture. If we let a handful of billionaires box out the competition, we lose all of that.