The time for such a bid like this was when Sam was was ousted out of OpenAI and in complete state of chaos.
Investors already put their money in at around $157B+ and are not willing to take a price cut down to less than $100BN.
Unless that is the amount that Sam wants to walk away with, but its isn't even going to be no where near close to enough.
This is for a controlling stake, not outright ownership, isn't it?
While I think the purchase of Twitter was ultimately in his favor, he definitely had buyers remorse back then.
By sending the message that he wants to buy at 97B, he could imply that 260B is clearly exaggerated and create fear for these investors.
Edit: I love the edit, it's very straightforward now!
Hey Sam, I'll buy it for tree-fiddy, good luck getting anyone to invest at a bigger valuation now!
Seeing Elon Musk, it could be a plausible move to screw financing for OpenAI.
Without financing OpenAI may not have enough runway to survive. That would create a bigger market for x.AI, and also as a bonus act as a personal revenge on OpenAI.
https://openai.com/index/openai-elon-musk/
Musk is clearly referring on their lack of funds at the end of this message.