--- title: "Elon Musk Reportedly in Final Stages of Deal to Buy Twitter" description: "Twitter is getting ready to accept Elon Musk's offer, The New York Times reports, a sign that the Tesla CEO may soon add the social media network to his already lengthy list of businesses. According to NYT, negotiations went on into the early morning hours of Monday." date: "2022-04-25" modified: "2022-04-25" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-stages-buy-twitter" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Elon Musk Reportedly in Final Stages of Deal to Buy Twitter ![Twitter is getting ready to accept Elon Musk's offer, The New York Times reports, a sign that the Tesla CEO may soon add the social media network to his already lengthy list of businesses. According to NYT, negotiations went on into the early morning hours of Monday.]() *\Image: Getty Images/Futurism\* ## Dealer's Choice Twitter is seriously considering Elon Musk's offer to buy the company, [*The New York Times* reports](), in an indication that the Tesla CEO may soon add the social media network to his already lengthy list of businesses. According to *NYT*, negotiations went on into the early morning hours of Monday. The news, corroborated [by *Reuters*]() and [*Bloomberg*](), comes after Musk [claimed to have secured]() $46.5 billion to purchase the company in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week. Almost half of the amount would be coming out of his own pocket, with another $12.5 billion being sourced from his Tesla stock. ## No Plans While Musk is offering a premium over the share price prior to his investing in the company, many Twitter shareholders initially [balked at his offer](). Musk has been fairly vague on his plans with the social media giant, apart from adding an ["edit" button and displaying "no ads."]() He has also stated that he isn't in it for the money, and doesn't "[care about the economics at all]()." Instead, the billionaire CEO says it's about making the social media platform an "inclusive arena for free speech," according to a [recent TED interview](). "I really want people to have the reality and perception that they are able to speak freely within he bounds of the law," he told TED's Chris Anderson. What Musk's Twitter will look like remains to be seen. Will he allow former US president Donald Trump [back on]()? Will he turn a blind eye to online harassment, or crack down on his dissenters and critics of his many ventures? As always, the CEO's real intentions aren't apparent — and that's assuming he even has a firm gameplan himself. **READ MORE:** [Twitter Nears a Deal to Sell Itself to Elon Musk]() \[*The New York Times*\] **More on Elon Musk:** *[Elon Musk Tells Bill Gates to Get Lost in Leaked Text Messages]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()