Elon Musk, who famously vowed to “own no house” in 2020 and claimed in 2022 that he was effectively homeless and couch surfing at his friend’s properties, reportedly discussed buying a tiny house from one of Tesla’s board directors, per Reuters.
Joe Gebbia, who cofounded Airbnb and prefabricated housing startup Samara, told Reuters that he stepped down from a special committee set up by Tesla’s board to examine the company’s possible move out of Delaware because of a “potential business transaction” involving Musk and Samara.
Samara sells prefabricated homes that cost from $269,000 to over $414,000.
Gebbia said the transaction was “currently on hold” but had decided to step down from the committee even after company lawyers concluded there was no conflict of interest out of an “abundance of caution.”
“I did not want Elon’s status as a potential customer of Samara to be used against the committee, so I disclosed that I had put that potential business transaction on hold,” Gebbia said in a statement shared with Reuters.
Business Insider was unable to reach Gebbia for comment.
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