Overview
- The unanimous verdict, returned Monday after less than two hours of deliberation, led Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to dismiss Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI and its leaders, and his lawyer said he will appeal.
- Jurors found Musk filed outside the deadlines for his claims, which carry three years for breach of charitable trust and two years for unjust enrichment.
- Because the timing issue decided the case, the court did not rule on whether OpenAI violated its founding commitments or misused Musk’s donations.
- The decision cleared Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, The OpenAI Foundation, and Microsoft of liability after Musk accused them of shifting the lab toward profit and aiding that transition.
- Musk had alleged he donated about $38 million and sought up to roughly $150 billion in disgorgement plus leadership removals, in a three-week trial that featured testimony from Musk, Altman, Greg Brockman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.