Overview
- A nine-member jury in Oakland unanimously ruled Monday that Elon Musk filed his claims too late under the statute of limitations.
- U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers adopted the advisory verdict, closing this phase of the case on procedural grounds.
- Jurors found Musk knew about the disputed shift in OpenAI’s structure by 2021, which started the clock that made his 2024 suit untimely.
- Musk had alleged OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit pledge and sought to remove Sam Altman and Greg Brockman while clawing back as much as $134 billion.
- OpenAI now faces fewer immediate legal risks before a potential listing, though Musk’s lawyers plan an appeal and separate antitrust issues tied to Microsoft’s board overlap were not decided.