Overview
- Elon Musk’s legal team, in a Tuesday amended filing, asked the court to award more than $150 billion to OpenAI’s nonprofit arm and to remove CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman from leadership.
- Musk also seeks to unwind OpenAI’s 2025 shift to a hybrid structure and restore it as a pure nonprofit, alleging he was misled into donating about $38 million as the organization moved toward commercial goals tied to Microsoft.
- OpenAI called the case a harassment campaign driven by ego and competition and said its nonprofit‑for‑profit setup is needed to fund advanced AI, while also urging attorneys general in California and Delaware to investigate Musk for alleged anti‑competitive conduct.
- Jury selection is scheduled for April 27 in federal court in Oakland, setting the stage for a trial that will test how courts police charitable missions once startups add profit‑seeking arms.
- News reports describe OpenAI’s current model as a nonprofit that holds a stake of roughly 26% in its for‑profit unit, and note Musk’s rival firm xAI as context for the companies’ accusations over competitive motives.