Joe Gebbia, the Airbnb co-founder, is a board member at Tesla who lives in Austin, where Mr. Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, keeps a large compound. He is planning to start shortly in the federal government as part of Mr. Musk’s team, which has been called the Department of Government Efficiency, according to the person with knowledge of the matter.

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia is joining the Department of Government Efficiency along with Elon Musk, the New York Times said on Thursday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.

This maxim guides potentially trillions of dollars of capital, investor glee and pain, and the clout of OpenAI boss Sam Altman and his nemesis Elon Musk. Their years-long feud cranked up on Monday, when the Tesla (TSLA.

A lawyer for Elon Musk said the billionaire will withdraw his bid for OpenAI's nonprofit if OpenAI's board of directors agree to terms.

After claiming he led a group of investors to purchase OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, Elon Musk said he would drop its bid if the artificial intelligence leader remained a nonprofit.