Overview
- Unsealed court documents published Friday revealed February 3, 2025 texts in which Mark Zuckerberg offered help protecting DOGE staff and Elon Musk asked if he would join a bid for OpenAI’s intellectual property.
- DOGE, a short‑lived White House efficiency office where Musk played a leading role, was the focus of Zuckerberg’s offer to have Meta teams remove posts that doxxed or threatened staff.
- After that exchange, Musk led a $97.4 billion unsolicited offer on February 10, 2025 to take over the nonprofit that controlled OpenAI, which later completed a for‑profit conversion in October 2025.
- Musk’s lawyers are asking the judge to exclude the private Musk–Zuckerberg messages as prejudicial, and filings note that neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed a letter of intent related to any deal talks.
- Jury selection is set for April 27 in Oakland in Musk’s suit claiming he was misled about OpenAI’s shift in mission, with his latest filings seeking up to $134 billion in damages.