New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has offered an investment of $3 billion in Sam Altman's OpenAI, media reports said.

Chandrashekhar, currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail in connection with a multi-crore scam, made the proposal directly to Sam Altman through a letter, Financial Express reported.

In the letter, Chandrashekhar offered an immediate $1 billion investment, with an addition $2 billion to be invested in over the next five years to back the company's operations in India.

The letter was delivered from Chandrashekar's prison cell through a legal firm named Anantam Legal.

He is in judicial custody on multiple fraud and money-laundering charges under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

He ...