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Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI cofounders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late. Musk took Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI and Microsoft to of "stealing a charity" by creating a for-profit affiliate to
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Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
Elon Musk suffered the worst defeat possible in his legal battle against OpenAI as a federal jury and a judge ruled he waited too long to bring his claims against the AI startup and its top executives, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman. The jury's decision was a nonbinding recommendation sent to US
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Elon Musk sued OpenAI and lost. But the core question of the case remains unanswered
On Monday, a nine-member federal jury in Oakland, California took less than two hours to dismiss Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman. Crucially, the jury did not rule on the core claims of the case. These included whether OpenAI, the company behind the popular
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Musk's failed court attack on OpenAI could leave lasting scars on CEO's reputation
OAKLAND, California, May 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman beat Elon Musk in federal court on Monday, but the win came at the cost of hearing his former colleagues call him a liar - repeatedly - under oath. A federal jury threw out former OpenAI co-founder Musk's case that the
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Could anything but profit steer AI? The OpenAI trial offered clues but no verdict
The trial pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made clear the two billionaires agreed on one thing: building artificial intelligence would require significant resources -- and enormous amounts of money. It may seem obvious now, as an AI-obsessed stock market helps finance a global
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Elon Musk loses OpenAI trial after jury says he waited too long to sue
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What just happened? Elon Musk isn't accustomed to losing, but the world's richest man just felt the sting of defeat in his trial against OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, and President Greg Brockman. A
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The Altman-Musk Trial Was a Waste of Everyone's Time
Sam Altman did not seem to be having a good time. During the many days that he spent inside an Oakland courtroom, the normally cheery CEO of OpenAI -- a guy who tends to be chipper even when declaring AI's existential risks to humanity -- appeared anxious, even distraught. When he listened to the
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Jury tosses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman
A California jury has tossed out Elon Musk's high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman. In a unanimous verdiect, the case was thrown out because Musk filed his lawsuit after a statute of limitations to bring such claims had expired. Musk had accused Altman of breaching a
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Elon Musk loses lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI as jury finds claims were filed too late
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft. A nine-person jury in Oakland returned a unanimous verdict on Sunday finding that Musk's claims had been filed too late under the statute of limitations, ending the most consequential corporate governance trial
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Jury finds Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and Microsoft, clearing defendants in landmark AI case
A jury ruled unanimously Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft, finding the defendants not liable on all claims after less than two hours of deliberation. The nine-person jury found Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman, and OpenAI not
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Key moments in the Musk vs OpenAI trial
May 18 (Reuters) - Elon Musk failed to convince a jury on Monday that OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman broke their agreement to maintain the maker of ChatGPT as a nonprofit to benefit humanity. The jury decided Musk waited too long to sue. Musk had sought about $150 billion in
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OpenAI defeats Elon Musk after jury rules lawsuit came too late
A federal jury in California on Monday rejected Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, ruling that the billionaire entrepreneur waited too long to file claims against the artificial intelligence company he helped create. The unanimous verdict cleared Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and
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Jury dismisses all claims in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
OAKLAND, Calif. - A jury in California took less than two hours to decide that Elon Musk waited too long to file a lawsuit against his one-time business partner Sam Altman over the direction he's steered the artificial intelligence company OpenAI since the two had a falling out nearly a decade
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Elon Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit in major win for Sam Altman
Musk's lose against OpenAI raises bigger questions for the future of AI Elon Musk has officially lost his high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman -- marking one of the biggest legal moments in the modern AI race so far. According to Reuters, a California jury unanimously ruled in
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Elon Musk's legal war with OpenAI ends in utter defeat
* Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI * A federal jury ruled he waited too long to file the case * The jury never considered Musk's core accusations about OpenAI abandoning its nonprofit mission Elon Musk's long-running legal battle against OpenAI ended Monday with the kind of defeat that
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In Musk v. Altman trial, the entire AI industry lost
Why it matters: The trial cemented a growing public fear about AI: that the people racing to control the world's most powerful technology are driven less by humanity-saving ideals than by money, power and personal rivalries. The big picture: OpenAI's founders originally positioned themselves as an
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How Sam Altman's victory over Elon Musk clears way for OpenAI's trillion-dollar ambitions
OpenAI's plans now seem all but guaranteed, given that the world's richest man couldn't put a stop to them On Monday morning, a jury in Oakland, California, handed a resounding victory to Sam Altman and OpenAI in their long, bitter courtroom battle with Elon Musk. The federal jury found Altman,
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Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI
OAKLAND, California, May 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company not liable to the world's richest person for having allegedly strayed from its original mission to benefit humanity. In a unanimous
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Musk vs. Altman: AI safety cannot be one man's job | Fortune
A federal jury ruled this morning that Elon Musk waited too long to sue Sam Altman over OpenAI's broken nonprofit promise. The case was thrown out on statute of limitations grounds. The judge said she would have dismissed it herself. Whatever happens on appeal, the trial we just watched asked the
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Elon Musk Loses $150 Billion AI Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman - Decrypt
Add Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elon Musk's latest legal challenge against OpenAI has collapsed in court, clearing one of the biggest legal threats facing the ChatGPT maker as competition in artificial intelligence intensifies. A California jury on
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Elon Musk's loses OpenAI case after he waited too long to sue
Musk left OpenAI's board in 2018 after clashing with Altman. A year earlier, he reportedly made a failed bid to get more control over the company. A US court has thrown out claims filed against OpenAI and its top executives by Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to
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Jury unanimously dismisses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI due to statute of limitations
Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. She previously worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program. A California jury voted unanimously to dismiss claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman on Monday due to the statute of limitations, dealing
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Jury tosses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A jury on Monday found that tech billionaire Elon Musk waited too long to bring his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, throwing out the suit that claimed Altman had unlawfully enriched himself from the organization they helped to create. The jury found Altman, co-founder
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Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI after jury finds he filed his claim too late
The world's richest man Elon Musk lost his blockbuster lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI on Monday, with a federal jury finding that the tycoon had waited too long to bring his case forward. The trial saw some of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley go head-to-head with
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Took too long now your case is gone: Elon Musk loses trial against Sam Altman and OpenAI
The jury and judge have decided that Musk's complaint was not timely enough to count. Elon Musk has lost his case against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for the very boring reason that he took too long to file the complaint. Musk sued over OpenAI's pivot from nonprofit to for-profit (via a complicated
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What will the court of public opinion think about Musk's loss against OpenAI?
Yesterday, a jury in Oakland, California threw out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI. Musk had sued the company for over $150 billion in damages, claiming that its leadership had "stolen a charity" when they converted OpenAI from a nonprofit AI lab to a for-profit company. It's a huge win for
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Federal jury rules against Elon Musk in closely watched OpenAI trial - SiliconANGLE
Federal jury rules against Elon Musk in closely watched OpenAI trial A federal jury today voted to dismiss Elon Musk's high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI Group PBC. The nine jurors found that the complaint, which Musk filed in 2024, was brought after the statute of limitations had expired. The
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Jury rules against Elon Musk in suit against OpenAI | Fortune
An Oakland, California jury rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, after just two hours of deliberation on Monday and three weeks of testimony. According to CNBC, the court, led by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, agreed with the jury's determination that
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Elon Musk loses OpenAI trial: statute of limitations prevented a Musk victory
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman after a jury unanimously ruled he waited too long to file his claim, meaning the statute of limitations prevented a ruling in Musk's favor. The verdict dismisses Musk's allegations that OpenAI's pivot to for-profit violated its
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Elon Musk loses case against Sam Altman to force OpenAI overhaul
A jury rejected Elon Musk's claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman's leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public by morphing into a for-profit business, finding that he waited too long to bring his claims against the company. The verdict reached on Monday (Tuesday AEST) in federal court in
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Jury to decide fate of Musk's blockbuster suit against OpenAI
Oakland (United States) (AFP) - Deliberations begin Monday in the blockbuster trial pitting Elon Musk against AI giant OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, whom Musk accuses of abandoning the company's founding mission. The three-week trial in Oakland, outside San Francisco, has seen a parade of Silicon
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OpenAI Avoided a Costly Court Loss to Elon Musk, but Neither Side Is Unscathed
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- After prevailing in its court fight with Elon Musk, OpenAI -- the ChatGPT maker valued at $852 billion -- remains on track for what could be one of the largest initial public offerings in history. Musk had been seeking the ouster of his fellow OpenAI co-founder, CEO Sam
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Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI
A jury on May 18 ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company not liable to the world's richest person for having allegedly strayed from its original mission to benefit humanity. In a unanimous verdict, the jury in Oakland, California, federal
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Jury rejects Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman
A California federal jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman, ending the latest chapter in a nearly decade-long feud between the two technology moguls over the artificial intelligence firm's non-profit structure. The advisory verdict took less than
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Poof! Elon Musk's Case Against Sam Altman Meets Abrupt End.
It took a nine-member jury less than two hours to unanimously rule against Elon Musk in his $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, ending a three-week-long trial that highlighted the rancor between two of the tech world's most powerful players and the "chaos"
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Elon Musk Was Just Handed a Big Loss by a Judge and Jury in Major AI Trial
The verdict brings a close to one chapter in a multi-year saga between Altman and Musk, who cofounded OpenAI together in 2015, but over the ensuing decade developed an acrimonious relationship that eventually spilled over into a full-blown rivalry. Musk sued Altman in mid-2024 for allegedly
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OpenAI's courtroom win over Elon Musk clears a major obstacle to an IPO
A jury on Monday found that Musk did not file his lawsuit against the AI giant within the statute of limitations. The judge quickly agreed with the jury, making the ruling final. The win for OpenAI came after less than two hours of jury deliberation. Within 20 minutes, the judge, who could have
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Elon Musk Just Lost His $150 Billion Lawsuit Against Sam Altman and OpenAI -- Here's What Happens Next
That was quick. After less than two hours of deliberations, a jury handed Sam Altman a decisive victory over Elon Musk -- and cleared the way for OpenAI's massive IPO later this year. The nine-person jury found that Musk filed his lawsuit in 2024 but knew about the alleged misconduct back in 2021,
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OpenAI avoided a costly court loss to Elon Musk, but neither side is unscathed
OpenAI has won its legal battle with Elon Musk. This victory paves the way for a massive stock market debut. The trial revealed internal conflicts among tech leaders shaping artificial intelligence. It also highlighted public worries about AI's impact on jobs and society. The future of this
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Elon Musk Loses Lawsuit Against OpenAI
OAKLAND, California May 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company not liable to the world's richest person for having allegedly strayed from its original mission to benefit humanity. In a unanimous
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Elon Musk Waited Too Long to Sue OpenAI and Sam Altman, Jury Rules
Elon Musk lost his high-profile lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI after a jury ruled that the Tesla founder waited too long to file the lawsuit in the first place, The New York Times reports. Musk filed his lawsuit in 2024, accusing Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman of unjustly
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Key Moments in the Musk Vs OpenAI Trial
May 18 (Reuters) - Elon Musk failed to convince a jury on Monday that OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman broke their agreement to maintain the maker of ChatGPT as a nonprofit to benefit humanity. The jury decided Musk waited too long to sue. Musk had sought about $150 billion in
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Musk v. Altman: Federal jury sides with OpenAI in legal battle between the 2 tech billionaires
A federal jury has sided with OpenAI and its top executives in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to guide artificial intelligence's development as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit. The nine-person jury unanimously found that Musk waited too long
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Musk Insists Sam Altman 'Stole A Charity:' Here's What Prediction Markets Say About OpenAI's IPO Now - Mi
Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI on Monday in under two hours, removing the last major legal overhang before one of the most anticipated tech IPOs in years. A federal jury in Oakland, California ruled that Musk's claims were filed too late under the three-year statute of
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Elon Musk loses case against Sam Altman over OpenAI's overhaul
A jury rejected Elon Musk's claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman's leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public by morphing into a for-profit business, finding that he waited too long to sue the company. The verdict reached Monday in federal court in Oakland, California, follows a trial
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Elon Musk vows to appeal after losing bid to hold OpenAI liable for straying from founding mission
The verdict simplifies the path for OpenAI to proceed with a possible initial public offering that could value the business at $1 trillion. A US jury on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company not liable to the world's richest
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Key moments in the Musk vs OpenAI trial
A jury ruled Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI, rejecting his claims that CEOs Sam Altman and Greg Brockman broke their nonprofit agreement. Musk sought $150 billion in damages and the removal of the executives, but the jury sided with OpenAI, ending the three-week trial. Elon Musk failed to
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Federal Jury Sides With OpenAI in Feud With Elon Musk
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A federal jury has sided with OpenAI and its top executives in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to guide artificial intelligence's development as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit. The nine-person jury unanimously found
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Elon Musk Says ChatGPT-Parent Created Precedent To 'Loot Charities' As Judge Throws Out Case Against Micr
Elon Musk Vows Appeal After OpenAI Court Loss In a post on X, Musk argued that the court never ruled on the substance of his allegations against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman. "Regarding the OpenAI case, the judge & jury never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on
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Musk loses blockbuster OpenAI suit as jury says too late - The Korea Times
OAKLAND -- A federal jury ruled Monday that Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its co-founders, delivering a decisive victory to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and ending one of Silicon Valley's most closely watched courtroom battles. The jury in Oakland federal court found that Musk's claims
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Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI - The Economic Times
A significant verdict has emerged from the courtroom as a jury rejected Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the company not liable for any wrongdoing. Musk contended that OpenAI had lost sight of its core mission to serve humanity's best interests, but the jury ruled that Musk's claims were
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Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A U.S. jury on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company not liable to the world's richest person for having allegedly strayed from its original mission to benefit humanity. In a unanimous verdict, the jury in
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Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI in unanimous verdict
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jurors on Monday handed Elon Musk a loss in the landmark trial over the future of OpenAI - deeming the artificial intelligence giant not liable to the world's richest person for having allegedly abandoned its mission to benefit humanity. In a unanimous verdict that was reached
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Elon Musk-OpenAI Lawsuit: Jury Verdict Could Rewrite Rules for AI Profit vs Public Good
A jury is set to decide the outcome of the lawsuit Elon Musk filed against OpenAI. The case gained worldwide attention, as it raises major questions about how leading AI firms now operate. The final verdict is also expected to influence the broader trend in market competition, shaping the
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US Court Rejects Elon Musk's Claims Against OpenAI
A US federal jury has ruled in favor of OpenAI in the lawsuit brought by Elon Musk, finding that the company was not liable for allegations that it abandoned its original mission to serve humanity. The decision, handed down in Oakland, California, concluded that Musk had filed his legal action too
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Elon Musk loses his lawsuit against OpenAI
STORY: Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Monday, after a jury in California said he waited too long to bring his lawsuit against the AI company. Stavros Gadinis is a law professor at UC Berkeley: "The statute of limitations in this case is the general statute of those
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Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI
OAKLAND, California May 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company not liable to the world's richest person for having allegedly strayed from its original mission to benefit humanity. In a unanimous
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The Musk vs OpenAI verdict answered nothing about AI governance
Less than two hours. That's how much time the jury took to dismiss the Elon Musk lawsuit against OpenAI. A decisive victory for Sam Altman but for the rest of the world, it seemed like arguably one of the more important questions in tech right now was just left unanswered. Also read: Elon Musk
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A federal jury unanimously dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft after deliberating less than two hours. The verdict clears a major obstacle to OpenAI's anticipated $1 trillion IPO, though the trial exposed internal conflicts and raised questions about Sam Altman's credibility that could affect investor confidence.

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A nine-member federal jury in Oakland, California took less than two hours to unanimously dismiss Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Microsoft on Monday. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers immediately accepted the jury's nonbinding recommendation, making it final. The jury determined that statutes of limitations expired well before Elon Musk filed his lawsuit in 2024, meaning any harms he suffered came before the deadline for filing claims under the law
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.The lawsuit centered on accusations that OpenAI's transition from a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit into a for-profit entity constituted "stealing a charity." Musk claimed Altman and Brockman broke their founding agreement and unjustly enriched themselves at the expense of a charitable purpose. Because the jury found the case wasn't filed on time, it didn't weigh in on Musk's three claims, including breach of charitable trust, unjust enrichment, and aiding and abetting against Microsoft
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The verdict removes a major threat to OpenAI's anticipated IPO, expected later in 2026 at a valuation of up to $1 trillion. The lawsuit risked forcing the company to pay out approximately $150 billion and potentially oust its leadership. "This verdict removes the single largest legal threat to a public offering," said James Rubinowitz, a trial lawyer and AI specialist .
OpenAI completed a sweeping reorganization in October 2025 after nearly a year of negotiation with attorneys general in California and Delaware. The nonprofit became the OpenAI Foundation, while the for-profit became OpenAI Group PBC, a public benefit corporation required to advance its stated mission and consider broader stakeholder interests. The Foundation holds a 26% stake in the new entity, Microsoft owns 27%, and the remaining 47% is owned by other investors and employees
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.While OpenAI won the case, Sam Altman endured days of testimony from former colleagues who described him as an untrustworthy leader. During cross-examination, Musk's lawyer cited comments from eight witnesses who said Altman misled or lied to others. Former Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati paused for a long time when asked whether she thought Altman was honest by autumn 2023, ultimately responding "Not always" .
A September 2022 memo from Murati detailed problems with Altman's leadership style, stating "The constant panic around our projects, people, goals etc generates chaos and churn." The trial also revealed that OpenAI's board ousted Altman in 2023, questioning his ability to lead, only to reinstate him less than a week later after employee pressure. William Savitt, an attorney for OpenAI, called Musk's lawsuit a "gloriously" played out "pageant of hypocrisy"
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The jury's decision based on timing means the core question remains unresolved: is OpenAI a nonprofit dedicated to humanity or a corporation dedicated to its shareholders? OpenAI was founded in December 2015 as a nonprofit AI research lab, with Musk and prominent entrepreneurs pledging $1 billion to develop AI for humanity's benefit, free from commercial pressure. The organization's charter committed to developing artificial general intelligence safely and openly, meaning it would be open source
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.By 2019, that vision shifted dramatically. Given that training frontier AI models was extraordinarily expensive, Altman created a capped-profit subsidiary where investors could earn up to 100 times their initial investment. Microsoft initially invested $1 billion and more than $13 billion over time. Testimony showed how the soaring costs of AI development factored into OpenAI's trajectory. "Even raising several hundred million won't be enough," Musk said in a 2018 email to Altman and other co-founders. "This needs billions per year immediately or forget it"
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.While the verdict simplifies OpenAI's path forward, institutional investors reviewing trial transcripts will conduct their own credibility analysis on Altman before committing capital. "Even in victory, OpenAI walks away with the worst documentary evidence about its governance structures now permanently in the public record," Rubinowitz noted .
The trial raised broader questions about whether anything but commercial interests can steer generative AI's future. As San Francisco-based OpenAI and other AI companies move toward historically large Wall Street debuts, the case exposed how people with outsized control of the AI industry were privately debating costs and governance nearly a decade ago. OpenAI, currently valued at $852 billion, generated more than $20 billion in revenue in 2025, yet the company is not yet profitable
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