Elon Musk said Sam Altman ‘stole’ a non-profit — but the trial showed he had similar aims
2026-05-19 · TechCrunch
Elon Musk's grand crusade to prove Sam Altman 'stole' OpenAI crashed and burned in court, with the jury speedily rejecting his lawsuit against OpenAI's founders and Microsoft. Turns out waiting years to file while having similar profit-driven aims yourself isn't the strongest legal strategy. The courtroom confirmed what everyone suspected: Musk's case was about as solid as a GPT hallucination.