{"id":728162,"date":"2026-05-18T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-has-lost-his-lawsuit-against-sam-altman-and-openai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:00:28","slug":"elon-musk-has-lost-his-lawsuit-against-sam-altman-and-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-has-lost-his-lawsuit-against-sam-altman-and-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elon Musk\u2019s claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI cofounders failed after nine California jurors returned a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late.<\/p>\n

Musk accused Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI and Microsoft of \u201cstealing a charity\u201d by creating a for-profit affiliate of the frontier AI lab. Jurors, however, found that any harms that Musk may have suffered came before the deadline for filing his claims under the law.<\/p>\n

While the trial delved deeply into the melodramatic history of OpenAI and featured testimony from leading figures in Silicon Valley, it ultimately turned on fairly narrow questions of the law. The trial focused on whether and when Altman and the other defendants had made and broken promises to Musk, but his case failed to convince jurors that he had a valid claim.<\/p>\n

In particular, OpenAI had advanced a statute of limitations defense, which sought to prove that any harms Musk sought to litigate had taken place before 2021. (The specific date varied by the charge: before August 5, 2021 for the first count; August 5, 2022, for the second count; and November 14, 2021, for the third count.) Ultimately, the jury found that argument persuasive, which made for a short deliberation period. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury\u2019s finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot,\u201d Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said after the verdict was delivered.<\/p>\n

The end of the case means that one major threat to OpenAI \u2014 a possible restructuring \u2014 is now off the table ahead of its reported IPO.<\/p>\n

Microsoft, which Musk sued for aiding and abetting OpenAI\u2019s alleged breach of charitable trust, welcomed the verdict. A spokesperson for the company said it \u201cremained committed to our work with OpenAI to advance and scale AI for people and organizations around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The verdict came in the middle of a hearing to determine the potential damages to Musk if the verdict had gone the other way. While that discussion is moot for now, the judge app<\/a>eared unconvinced by the analogy Musk\u2019s lawyers drew between his charitable contributions and investments in a for-profit startup.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour analysis seems to be devoid of connection to the underlying facts,\u201d she told Dr. C. Paul Wazzan, the expert who came up with Musk\u2019s estimate of OpenAI and Microsoft\u2019s wrongful gains at his expense\u2014some $78.8 billion to $135 billion. <\/p>\n

Reached for comment by TechCrunch, Musk\u2019s lead counsel Marc Toberoff said, \u201cOne word: Appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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