Leaked chats show Elon Musk rejected Bill Gates’ philanthropy

Leaked chats show Elon Musk rejected Bill Gates’ philanthropy talks because…

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A text exchange between Elon Musk and Bill Gates that was leaked online shows that Musk had asked Gates about his half a billion short position against Tesla.

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The Tesla chief confirmed the authenticity of the screenshots that emerged online while denying that he was the one who leaked them.

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“Do you still have a half billion dollar short position against Tesla?” Musk asked the Microsoft co-founder, according to screenshots of the leaked chat.

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“Sorry to say I haven’t closed it out,” Bill Gates responded, adding that he would like to discuss “philanthropy possibilities” with Musk.

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To this, Elon Musk all but accused the Microsoft co-founder of climate change hypocrisy as he replied:

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“Sorry, but I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change.”

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Musk was asked about the authenticity of the screenshots by a Twitter user.

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“Yeah, but I didn’t leak it to NYT. They must have got it through friends of friends,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote.

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“I heard from multiple people at TED that Gates still had half billion short against Tesla, which is why I asked him, so it’s not exactly top secret.”

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