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Elon Musk said repricing his Twitter deal for less is 'not out of the question,' according to report

Gabrielle Bienasz   

Elon Musk said repricing his Twitter deal for less is 'not out of the question,' according to report
  • Elon Musk said that a Twitter deal with a lower price tag is "not out of the question," $4 reported.
  • He previously tweeted concerns about spam bots and $4 a response from Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal.

At "The All In Summit 2022," Elon Musk didn't give the impression that he felt that way about his Twitter deal.

He said that a deal with a lower price tag is not "out of the question," $4.

"Currently, what I'm being told is that there's just no way to know the number of bots… It's like, as unknowable as the human soul," Musk said at the Miami conference, per a social media video, Bloomberg $4

For the last few days, Elon Musk has been $4 on his bid to acquire Twitter for about $44 billion as tech stocks $4.

It started Friday morning when he $4 the deal was temporarily "on hold," then later he was "still committed" to the purchase. That evening, $4his team would check how many spam bots were in 100 accounts.

This seemed to have sparked a response from Twitter stakeholders.

Musk also said Friday evening 100 accounts was the sample size Twitter uses, and then Musk said Saturday that Twitter's legal team said he $4 by revealing that.

Twitter CEO Parag Agarawl said in a thread Monday just anyone couldn't perform a spam bot test with 100 accounts, and Musk replied to $4.

Twitter has long reported its spam account count at 5%, Variety has $4.

Musk has talked about having issues with spam or bot accounts on Twitter $4, but Wedbush analyst Dan Ives $4 that Musk was talking about spam bots as a "dog ate the homework" style explanation to get out of the acquisition or negotiate down the price.

"The massive pressure on Tesla's stock since the deal, a changing stock market/risk environment the last month, and a number of other financing factors has caused Musk to get 'cold feet' on the Twitter deal," Wedbush noted, as Insider previously $4.

The bot idea is "not a new issue and likely more of a scapegoat to push for a lower price," Ives added.

As for the conference, several Twitter users also $4 that he said "The more questions I ask, the more my concerns grow," about the company. Insider was not able to independently verify this.

Musk spoke at "The All In Summit 2022" Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET on video, and the media was not permitted to come to the event, per $4.

The event is an offshoot of the eponymous podcast, which covers "all things economic, tech, political, social, and poker," according to its Twitter $4.

The All In event website $4 "three days of discussions, belly laughs, poker, and fine wine with the besties," and included speakers like Nate Silver, editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight, and Keith Rabois of Founders Fund.

Twitter and Elon Musk did not respond to a request for comment.

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