Overview
- Newly unsealed court exhibits in March 2026 reveal February 3, 2025 texts where Mark Zuckerberg offered to have Meta teams remove posts doxxing or threatening people working with Elon Musk at DOGE, a White House office focused on cutting government waste.
- Minutes after Zuckerberg’s offer, Elon Musk asked if he would join a bid for OpenAI’s intellectual property, and Zuckerberg replied, “Want to discuss live,” though the filings do not show whether a call occurred.
- OpenAI later told the court that neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed a letter of intent tied to possible financing, even as a Musk‑led group went on to submit a $97.4 billion offer on February 10, 2025.
- Musk’s lawyers now argue the private texts are prejudicial and should be kept from the jury, and a recent order limits personal questions to brief queries about Burning Man while barring any drug‑use inquiries.
- Jury selection is set for April 27 in Oakland, and the texts underscore how two tech rivals briefly explored cooperation as Musk presses claims over OpenAI’s shift from a nonprofit mission.