Overview
- Elon Musk says any proceeds from his fraud case against OpenAI and Microsoft will go to charity, stating he will not personally benefit.
- He is seeking up to roughly $134 billion in what his team calls wrongful gains tied to his early funding and support for OpenAI.
- U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers criticized the plaintiff’s damages analysis as “numbers out of the air” yet declined to exclude the expert, indicating she may set final damages after a verdict.
- Jury selection is scheduled for late April in Oakland with proceedings expected to run through May, and key figures including Musk and Sam Altman slated to testify.
- OpenAI rejects the claims, arguing donors have no ownership rights and saying Musk previously backed monetization, while labeling the suit part of a broader harassment effort as his xAI competes.