Overview
- Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI began closing arguments Thursday in Oakland, with a nine-person advisory jury expected to start deliberations next.
- Jurors must first decide whether Musk sued in time under the statute of limitations, then weigh claims that OpenAI ran a charitable trust and that its leaders unjustly enriched themselves.
- The panel will also consider whether Microsoft aided a breach, reflecting the tech giant’s deep role in funding and commercializing OpenAI’s work.
- If the jury finds liability, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will decide remedies, and the court plans to return Monday to discuss potential restructuring and damages if no verdict arrives by then.
- Musk seeks about $150 billion and the removal of Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, while testimony highlighted large financial stakes, including a Microsoft executive saying the company spent more than $100 billion and witnesses describing Altman’s outside holdings and Brockman’s multibillion-dollar stake.