Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said “OpenAI is going to eat Microsoft alive,” according to remarks directed at Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Musk’s comment suggests he believes the artificial-intelligence research lab, which counts Microsoft as a major investor and cloud provider, could ultimately outpace or undermine the software giant. Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI and integrated the startup’s technology across its product line, while holding what it has described as a roughly 50% economic interest in the company. Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI who left its board in 2018, has publicly sparred with the organization on strategy and governance, and is developing his own AI initiatives. Neither Microsoft nor OpenAI immediately responded to the remark, which underscores continuing tensions over control of critical intellectual property and access to advanced AI systems.