Court documents from 2025 have disclosed that\u00a0Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0offered his assistance to\u00a0Elon Musk\u00a0in relation to\u00a0the now-defunct Department of Government\u00a0Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n
The redacted documents, which were made public on Friday, reveal that Zuckerberg sent a text message to Musk in February 2025. He expressed support for the progress made by DOGE and assured Musk of his team\u2019s readiness to remove any content that threatened or doxxed Musk\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me know if there\u2019s anything else I can do to help,\u201d wrote Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n
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Responding to Zuckerberg\u2019s message, Musk expressed gratitude with a heart emoji and brought up the topic of\u00a0OpenAI. He asked Zuckerberg if\u00a0he was open to jointly bidding on OpenAI\u2019s intellectual property. Although Zuckerberg showed interest in discussing the matter, he never officially joined the bid, as disclosed in previous court documents.<\/p>\n
In August, OpenAI\u2019s lawyers had pressed Meta\u00a0over its role in Musk\u2019s $97 billion bid to take over ChatGPT-parent. They claim that Musk spoke directly with Zuckerberg \u201cabout potential financing arrangements or investments.\u201d<\/p>\n
The texts were discovered in relation to Musk\u2019s ongoing\u00a0lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. In a separate filing, Musk\u2019s lawyers argued that his communications with Zuckerberg should be excluded from the lawsuit, stating that they were tangential and prejudicial.<\/p>\n