Overview
- Zilis, who testified Wednesday in the Oakland federal trial, said Musk offered to donate sperm in 2020 and described shared parenting and travel routines with their four children.
- She denied funneling board information to Musk, yet jurors saw her 2018 text asking if she should stay close to OpenAI to keep info flowing, with Musk replying to stay close and noting plans to move several staff to Tesla.
- Zilis said she often acted as a bridge between Musk and OpenAI leaders during her 2020–2023 board tenure, but she rejected claims that she passed along confidential updates.
- She testified that Musk once proposed making OpenAI a Tesla subsidiary, a structure she said founders Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman, and Greg Brockman declined.
- Musk’s lawsuit seeks about $150 billion in damages, and an advisory jury is now weighing liability before the judge considers remedies that could alter OpenAI’s leadership and future plans.