OpenAI Inc. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar characterized Elon Musk’s legal challenge to stop the ChatGPT maker from becoming a for-profit company as competitive maneuvering.

The Northern Irish tech executive said she hoped the entrepreneur would stop resorting to using the law to compete with competitors in the AI space

CFO Sarah Friar is helping the artificial intelligence company line up funding and create new revenue streams. She said the company would likely have to continue to fundraise, but weighed the pros and cons of a public listing.

Elon Musk has been called a “strong competitor” to OpenAI by the firm’s chief financial officer, Sarah Friar. The OpenAI exec said the company had