there was also a sanford bernstein note about the odds of a successful private deal are less than 50%. raig: it does feel like it is a difficult thing to do, to give odds. within the last few days, a venture company has put the odds greater than 50%. it is a guessing game. so, despite the fact that we are nine or 10 days in since this initial tweet. a formalt sent proposal to his board. there was the impression with his initial post that this was just around the corner. it has been clear that is far from the truth, we have a lot to learn about how he is going to make this happen and whether he can. emily: there has been so much speculation about who the investors are. do we have more clarity about who is involved? he has had conversations with the saudi investment fund. that did not mean a signed agreement. s on behalf of elon musk have reached out to a bunch of shareholders. he does not want control focused on one major shareholder. dell took the company private and had a large share of control, with silver lake, the private equity that helped him. elon musk seems to be avoiding that

selina: there was also a sanford bernstein note about the odds of a successful private deal are lesshan 50%. what is your take on that? craig: it's interesting. to me, it does feel like it is a difficult thing to do, to give odds. keep in mind within the last few days, a venture company has put the odds greater than 50%. it's very much a guessing game. it remains so, despite the fact that we are nine or 10 days in since this initial tweet. and to this point, he hasn't actually sent a formal proposal to his board. that's something very important to keep in mind. there was the impression with his initial post that this was just around the corner. it's been very clear that is far from the truth, we have a lot to learn about how he is going to make this happen and whether he can make this happen. selina: and alex, there has been so much speculation about who the investors are. do we have more clarity about who is involved at this point? alex: right now, we know he has had conversations with the saudi investment fund. that did not mean a signed agreement. folks on behalf of elon musk have