Overview
- Altman, who began testifying Tuesday, rejected Musk’s claim that OpenAI’s leaders “stole a charity.”
- He told jurors Musk pressed for majority control — at one point “90%” — and even floated passing control to his children.
- Altman said Musk left after talks broke down in 2018 and later wrote that OpenAI had a “0%” chance of success without huge funding.
- Earlier witnesses offered starkly different views, with Ilya Sutskever alleging a “pattern of lying” by Altman and Satya Nadella saying Musk never raised concerns about Microsoft’s OpenAI deal.
- Closing arguments are slated for Thursday, and an advisory jury is expected to deliver its opinion the week of May 18 before the judge decides remedies that could include leadership removal, profit returns, or structural changes.