Dang... today the federal jury in Oakland unanimously ruled against Elon Musk.
This is what happened.
Elon co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit to build AI for humanity’s benefit. He donated ~$44 million but left the board in 2018.
In 2024 he sued Altman, OpenAI & Greg Brockman, claiming they “stole a charity” by turning it into a for-profit company (with massive Microsoft funding) and abandoning the original mission.
Elon wanted:
• ~$150 billion in damages
• Sam Altman removed as CEO
• Force OpenAI back to nonprofit status
This is what the jury decided today:
They didn’t even rule on whether OpenAI broke its promise... Instead, they ruled Musk filed too late. The statute of limitations had expired claiming he knew about the for-profit plans years earlier.
The judge accepted the jury’s advisory verdict...
The result:
Elon got nothing. No money, no leadership changes, no forced restructuring. OpenAI (now valued at ~$850B+) keeps operating as is. Elon can still appeal, but today was a clear legal win for Sam Altman and OpenAI.
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