Newly revealed private texts show Jack Dorsey tried to get Elon Musk involved with Twitter at least a year before the $44 billion deal. 'I trust you,' Dorsey wrote.
texted privately about Twitter several times before and after the Tesla billionaire became financially involved in the company, newly revealed court records show.
Musk quickly responded, according to the text log, asking"What should it look like?" Dorsey proceeded to explain what he has said publicly, that Twitter should become an"open-sourced protocol" that looks"a bit like what Signal has done," referencing the encrypted messaging app. Dorsey also said that Twitter"cant have an advertising model." Advertising is currently the central business model of social media companies.
While Dorsey's contact with Musk on March 26 was referenced in a later filing with the SEC about Musk's eventual offer tofor $44 billion, the detail of the exchanges was not divulged. Subsequent texts at later dates were also not mentioned.
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