Overview
- A nine-person jury, which returned a unanimous verdict Monday, found Elon Musk filed his OpenAI lawsuit too late under statutes of limitations.
- U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers adopted the advisory finding and dismissed all claims against OpenAI, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Microsoft.
- Musk’s legal team said it is preserving the right to appeal the ruling.
- California law gives three years to sue over a charitable-trust breach and two years for unjust enrichment, and jurors concluded those clocks had already run.
- The decision lifts a major legal risk from OpenAI and leaves the company free to press commercial plans such as a possible IPO.