{"id":97208,"date":"2026-05-19T10:51:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=97208"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:55:11","slug":"musk-loses-legal-battle-against-sam-altman-and-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/musk-loses-legal-battle-against-sam-altman-and-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Loses Legal Battle Against Sam Altman and OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court in Oakland has dismissed Elon Musk&#8217;s lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft due to late filing, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/openai-elon-musk-case-verdict-rcna345655\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The jury of nine found that the claims were barred by the statute of limitations. Deliberations took less than two hours.<\/p>\n<p>In the case, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jury-hears-elon-musks-initial-testimony-in-openai-lawsuit\">claimed<\/a> that OpenAI had abandoned its original non-profit mission and effectively transformed into a profit-driven entity. The defendants allegedly &#8220;stole a charitable organization&#8221; by creating a commercial division and allowing the leadership to personally profit.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the lawsuit filing was crucial. OpenAI&#8217;s defense argued that the alleged damages occurred before 2021. Different deadlines applied to various aspects:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>before August 5, 2021;<\/li>\n<li>before November 14, 2021;<\/li>\n<li>before August 5, 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The jury found the defendants&#8217; arguments convincing. The verdict was delivered during a separate hearing on potential compensation Musk might have received if he had won.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers also criticized the plaintiff&#8217;s damage estimates. Musk&#8217;s expert assessed the alleged wrongful gains of OpenAI and Microsoft at $78.8 billion to $135 billion. Rogers stated that the calculations were not linked to the facts established in the case.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI&#8217;s lawyers portrayed the case as an attempt to pressure a competitor. The company&#8217;s lead attorney, Bill Savitt, called the lawsuit a &#8220;belated fabrication&#8221; and an attempt at sabotage. Following the decision, Microsoft welcomed the outcome and stated it would continue its partnership with Altman&#8217;s company to advance AI systems.<\/p>\n<p>Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2056474896641782077\">responded<\/a> differently:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;For anyone who has closely followed the case, there is no doubt that Altman and Brockman indeed enriched themselves by stealing a charitable organization. The only question is when they did it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The entrepreneur announced his intention to appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The decision removes one of the main legal obstacles for OpenAI amid discussions of a <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/reports-openai-plans-1-trillion-ipo\">potential <span data-descr=\"initial public offering\" class=\"old_tooltip\">IPO<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back in October 2025, the AI startup <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/microsoft-retains-27-stake-in-openais-new-structure\">completed<\/a> a restructuring, during which the company was split into a commercial corporation and a non-profit foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal court in Oakland has dismissed Elon Musk&#8217;s lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft due to late filing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI dismissed due to late filing.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1162,1217,1190],"class_list":["post-97208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-court-cases","tag-elon-musk","tag-openai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"10","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI dismissed due to late filing.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97210,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97208\/revisions\/97210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}