Business Beefs
Steve JobsBill Gates
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates engaged in a decades-long rivalry and partnership over personal computing design, software licensing, and market d…
Elon MuskSam Altman
Elon Musk and Sam Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a non-profit AI research lab.
Elon MuskJeff Bezos
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have engaged in a multi-decade public rivalry centered on space technology competition between SpaceX and Blue Orig…
Elon MuskOpenAI
A dispute between a founding backer and the organisation he helped start.
PentagonAnthropic
A high-stakes dispute erupted between the Department of Defense and AI company Anthropic over acceptable military uses of its Claude AI mode…
The Walt Disney CompanyDirecTV
The dispute between The Walt Disney Company and DirecTV stems from carriage contract negotiations, channel blackouts, regulatory complaints…
Elon MuskMark Zuckerberg
The multi-year rivalry between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg spanned public spats over AI regulation, social media dominan…
Steve JobsMichael Dell
In October 1997, Dell founder Michael Dell suggested that struggling Apple should shut down and return its cash to shareholders.
Mark ZuckerbergEvan Spiegel
The rivalry between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel began when Spiegel rejected a reported $3 billion buyout offer in 201…
Elon MuskJamie Dimon
A long-standing corporate tension between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon broke into the public domain in November 20…
Ari EmanuelBryan Lourd
Longtime Hollywood agency rivals Ari Emanuel of Endeavor and Bryan Lourd of CAA traded sharp public insults in October 2023 after Emanuel pu…