Jury rules against Elon Musk in court battle against Sam Altman, OpenAI
- A jury in Oakland, California, rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, concluding three weeks of testimony in the high-profile lawsuit over the company's for-profit conversion.
- Musk sued OpenAI in 2024, alleging executives "stole a charity" by abandoning its founding nonprofit mission despite his roughly $38 million donation intended for development "for the benefit of humanity."
- OpenAI's legal team argued restructuring was necessary to compete with Google DeepMind, while also revealing Musk had previously pushed to fold the company into Tesla.
- Musk's team sought $134 billion in "ill-gotten gains" and removal of executives, though District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers must now confirm the advisory jury's verdict.
- The verdict arrives as both billionaires prepare companies for public markets; OpenAI recently raised $122 billion at a valuation of over $850 billion, while SpaceX, valued at $1.25 trillion, may publish its IPO prospectus this week.
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A U.S. court dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief Sam Altman – for the limitation of the incidents.
Musk’s Failed OpenAI Lawsuit Underscores xAI’s Struggles
Elon Musk arrives to court on April 30, 2026 in Oakland, California. —Benjamin Fanjoy—Getty ImagesOn Monday, an Oakland jury took under two hours to unanimously reach a verdict dismissing Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. Throughout the trial Musk had portrayed it as the good fight to prevent Altman from “stealing” OpenAI, which was founded as a nonprofit. Others, however, framed it as a more cynical effort. “It’s too late now t…
Elon Musk broke his silence and reacted on Tuesday to an American jury's decision to dismiss his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman. The head of Tesla, SpaceX and xAI companies, who is also the richest man on the planet, has already announced that he will appeal against this decision...
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