Overview
- Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday as the first witness, telling jurors OpenAI “looted a charity” and abandoned its nonprofit mission.
- A nine-person jury seated Monday will deliver an advisory verdict in a two‑phase trial, with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to decide any remedies.
- Musk narrowed his suit to breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment and seeks roughly $134–$150 billion for OpenAI’s nonprofit plus the ouster of Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.
- OpenAI and Microsoft deny wrongdoing, saying Musk once backed a for‑profit arm and left after a control dispute, while California and Delaware regulators approved OpenAI’s hybrid structure in October 2025.
- The witness list includes Altman, Brockman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and former OpenAI leaders Ilya Sutskever and Mira Murati, and the outcome could affect OpenAI’s IPO plans and the wider AI race.