Elon Musk's $38 million investment in OpenAI now hangs on a jury's assessment of whether its leadership betrayed their nonprofit founding principles. The trial, which began April 27, 2026, centers on OpenAI's 2015 inc…

Musk claims Altman secretly negotiated with Microsoft in 2023 to turn OpenAI into a $852 billion for-profit entity, despite Musk's 2018 exit from the board. The trial includes sworn testimony from Mira Murati, OpenAI'…

Trial Context: From Nonprofit to For-Profit

OpenAI's original 2015 charter required it to keep AI research open and free from corporate capture. Musk's early funding aimed to create a "public good" that would "benefit humanity." By 2023, the company had pivoted…