Jury tosses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman [View all]
Source: NBC
OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal jury on Monday found that tech billionaire Elon Musk waited too long to bring his lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and others, throwing out the suit that claimed Altman had unlawfully enriched himself from the organization Musk and Altman co-founded.
The jury found Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman and OpenAI not liable on all claims after a blockbuster three-week trial that has captivated the tech industry and could have reshaped the race to develop artificial intelligence.
On the same statute of limitations grounds, the jury also rejected Musk’s claim that Microsoft aided and abetted Altman and Brockman in allegedly breaching their duty to OpenAI. Microsoft was an early and large investor in OpenAI’s for-profit operation.
The verdict was unanimous. The jury began deliberating first thing Monday morning and reached its decision in less than two hours.
Steven Molo, a lawyer for Musk, said in court that the legal team was preserving Musk’s right to appeal but had not yet decided how to proceed.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-elon-musk-case-verdict-rcna345655
A jury finds that Elon Musk waited too long to bring his lawsuit against Sam Altman, throwing out the suit that claimed the OpenAI CEO had unlawfully enriched himself from the organization they helped to create. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
— Steve Herman (@newsguy.bsky.social) 2026-05-18T17:41:20.096Z
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