On Monday, Musk threw another surprise at his takeover.
A person who attended a technology conference in Miami said that Mr. Musk said striking a deal for Twitter at a lower price was not out of the question.
The attendee said that Mr. Musk commented on whether he would change his mind about the acquisition of the social media service. Mr. Musk said that it was difficult to believe that less than 5 percent of accounts were on the micro-messaging service.
The company's shares fell 8 percent on Monday. That was far below the price that Mr. Musk agreed to pay for the company.
The state of the deal has been confused by Mr. Musk, who also leads the rocket company. He said that he was temporarily on hold until he could find out more about the volume of fake accounts on the platform. He said he was still committed to the deal.
The chief executive of the company posted a lengthy thread on Monday detailing how the company calculates its number of bots. He said the company had shared an overview of the estimation process with Mr. Musk a week ago.
Mr. Musk didn't reply to the request for comment. It was not possible to comment on the matter.
Analysts think that Mr. Musk is trying to back out of the deal. Tech company stocks have taken a beating since Mr. Musk first announced his acquisition. Musk's main source of wealth has fallen.
It would be difficult to get a deal done. A specific performance clause in Mr. Musk's deal with Twitter gives the company the right to force him to complete the deal if it is sued.
Mr. Musk has created a lot of headaches for the company. Over the weekend, he said that he violated a nondisclosure agreement by talking about the sample size of the bot. The nondisparagement clause in Mr. Musk's deal with Twitter prohibits him from saying bad things about the transaction.
The two sides have not stopped talking as if there is a deal. The teams held a meeting on Friday. The meeting was part of the transaction planning process.
Mike gave reporting.
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