Musk OpenAI Trial

Sam Altman, right, and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, center, arrive at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, April 30, 2026.

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Federal court rejects Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late

Federal court rejects Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late

A federal court on Monday dismissed claims filed against OpenAI and its top executives by Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to remain a nonprofit dedicated to guiding artificial intelligence’s development for the good of humanity. Musk, the world’s richest man, was a co-founder of OpenAI, which launched in 2015 and went on to create ChatGPT. After investing $38 million in its first years, Musk accused OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his top deputy of shifting into a moneymaking mode behind his back. The nine-person jury found that Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit and missed the deadline for the statute of limitations.