Overview
- Jury selection in Oakland begins Monday in Elon Musk’s lawsuit over OpenAI’s mission shift, using a two‑phase process with an advisory jury on liability and the judge to set any remedy.
- A pretrial ruling narrowed the case to two claims—unjust enrichment and breach of charitable trust—after fraud allegations were dismissed or withdrawn.
- Musk seeks up to $134 billion that he says would go to OpenAI’s nonprofit, along with removing Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, undoing the for‑profit structure, and cutting ties with Microsoft.
- OpenAI rejects the claims as baseless and calls the suit a harassment campaign tied to competitive motives, as the company reports a valuation near $850 billion and is reportedly preparing for an IPO.
- Witness lists name Musk, Altman, Brockman, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and the outcome could set a precedent for how courts police charitable promises when nonprofits create for‑profit arms.