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Musk v. Altman et al

  1. April 27, 2026

    Musk-OpenAI Jury Picked As Tech Billionaire Faces Juror Heat

    A California judge empaneled a nine-member jury Monday to help her decide Elon Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion in a jury selection process during which numerous prospective jurors criticized Musk, including one who called him a "world-class jerk," while they also expressed concerns that AI will replace jobs.

  2. April 24, 2026

    Musk Trial To Test Limits Of OpenAI's Nonprofit Promises

    Billionaire Elon Musk is set to face off against OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in a high-stakes legal battle going to a California federal jury trial Monday over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity, which experts say may shake up the artificial intelligence industry.

  3. April 17, 2026

    'Constantly Shifting': Judge Rips Musk, OpenAI As Trial Nears

    A California federal judge Friday appeared frustrated with Elon Musk and OpenAI ahead of trial over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity, criticizing the parties' "constantly shifting" positions and doubting whether she has the authority to grant the relief Musk requested.

  4. April 16, 2026

    OpenAI, Musk OK With Bifurcated Trial And Advisory Jury

    Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft agreed Thursday to a California federal judge's proposal to bifurcate the trial's liability phase from the remedies phase in a case challenging the artificial intelligence company's conversion to a for-profit entity, and that the jury for the liability phase should serve on an advisory basis.

  5. April 14, 2026

    OpenAI Says Musk Remedy Shift Leaves 'No Case Left To Try'

    OpenAI is pushing back after Elon Musk said he would seek to have Sam Altman removed as the artificial intelligence company's CEO in a case challenging its conversion to a for-profit entity, telling a California federal court that the last-minute change adds a host of issues just weeks before trial.

  6. April 07, 2026

    Musk Wants Altman Out, Not To Boost 'Himself Personally'

    Elon Musk said Tuesday he wants OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stripped of his title and "all equity and other personal financial benefits" to be awarded to OpenAI's nonprofit if Musk wins his case claiming OpenAI duped him, saying he isn't after "a remedy directed to benefiting himself personally."

  7. March 26, 2026

    Ketamine, WilmerHale Probe Off Limits In Musk-OpenAI Trial

    A California federal judge has placed evidentiary guardrails on an April jury trial over Elon Musk's claims OpenAI duped him, excluding evidence on Musk's ketamine use and WilmerHale's investigation into Sam Altman's dismissal, but allowing evidence on Musk's rival startup, his romance with an ex-OpenAI boardmember and his Burning Man trip.

  8. March 17, 2026

    OpenAI, Musk Can't Argue Over Wealth In $38M Fraud Trial

    A California federal judge laid out the ground rules for an upcoming April jury trial on Elon Musk's claims OpenAI duped him into donating $38 million, barring evidence regarding the "wealth or lack thereof of any party," unless the dispute reaches the punitive damages stage, which the judge called "unlikely."

  9. February 26, 2026

    Musk, OpenAI Spar Over AG OKs, Altman Firing, AI Safety

    Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft traded blows Wednesday in a series of California federal court briefs fighting over what a jury will see when the parties go to trial in late April on Musk's challenge to OpenAI's transition from the nonprofit structure he'd backed with $38 million in donations.  

  10. February 05, 2026

    OpenAI Rips Bid For Exec's Personal Journal In IP Litigation

    OpenAI urged a New York federal judge Wednesday to reject a demand by authors and newspapers for the OpenAI president's "personal journal" in their copyright litigation, arguing the request is unwarranted and a "severe invasion of privacy," even if excerpts were recently revealed in OpenAI's separate litigation with Elon Musk.