” Tesla’s patents on AC (alternating current) were purchased by George Westinghouse, and Tesla worked with Westinghouse to defeat Edison in the War of Currents.”
https://geekhistory.com/content/nikola-tesla-versus-thomas-edison-and-search-truth
Yes . . . but then as the relationship with Westinghouse progressed, they withdrew financial support of him and refused to allow his cheap power distribution plans to proceed and essentially drove him to bankruptcy—as I understand it.