Jury rules against Elon Musk in his feud with OpenAI, saying he filed his lawsuit too late

Published on 5/18/2026, 5:55:16 PM

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OAKLAND, Calif.
— A federal jury on Monday sided with OpenAI and its top executives in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to guide artificial intelligence’s development as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity’s benefit.
Musk, the world’s richest man, was a co-founder of OpenAI, the company that 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.

Quick context: — A federal jury on Monday sided with OpenAI and its top executives in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision for it to guide artificial intelligence’s development...

Published May 18, 2026.

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