Verdict clears legal obstacles for OpenAI ahead of possible IPO.
gut morgen from week 4 of musk vs openai (w/special guests MSFT)
today is first day of jury deliberations. they are off doing their thing
i am in court with colleagues @CadeMetz and @NatallieRocha today listening to counsel on both sides argue remedies in front of the judge
Many users support Musk's appeal in the OpenAI charity conversion lawsuit as a principled stand, while negative users attack him as a criminal loser and label the case a scam.
Describe the legal precedent this sets if an appeal is not won
Allowing statute-of-limitations bars to dismiss breach-of-charitable-trust claims against nonprofits that shifted to for-profit control years earlier, without any ruling on mission fidelity or enrichment. This precedent could shield such transitions if they remain unchallenged long enough.
Regarding the OpenAI case, the judge & jury never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on a calendar technicality.
There is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity. The only question is WHEN they did it!
I will be filing an appeal with the Ninth Circuit, because creating a precedent to loot charities is incredibly destructive to charitable giving in America.
OpenAI was founded to benefit all of humanity.
This illustrates why the ruling by the terrible activist Oakland judge, who simply used the jury as a fig leaf, creates such a terrible precedent.
She just handed out a free license to loot charities if you can keep the looting quiet for a few years!
Anyone wanna go out together to raise $1B seed @ 0% dil with me now that this precedent is set?
Elon Musk’s lawyer, Marc Toberoff, on today’s verdict in the OpenAI case:
“I have a one-word reaction: Appeal. This war is not over. We firmly believe what happened with OpenAI was wrong on a very basic level that you can't raise millions of dollars in a publicly subsidized charity, and when it suits you, just turn into a for-profit operation where the officers and directors of the charity enrich themselves to the tune of billions, and that's what actually happened here, and that's just wrong."
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers basically waved off Elon’s OpenAI appeal, saying the jury’s statute of limitations ruling is tough to overturn.
An activist judge letting Sam Altman skate after he hijacked a nonprofit charity — originally pledged to benefit all humanity — and turned it into his $150B+ personal for-profit empire? That’s not justice.
Stealing a charity for profit is not OK. You don’t get to rewrite the mission, pocket the upside, and hide behind “time limits” while betraying the public trust. OpenAI’s founding promise was destroyed in broad daylight.
This makes zero sense.
This illustrates why the ruling by the terrible activist Oakland judge, who simply used the jury as a fig leaf, creates such a terrible precedent.
She just handed out a free license to loot charities if you can keep the looting quiet for a few years!
A jury sided with Sam Altman and OpenAI in court. But Elon Musk won in the court of public opinion, writes Tim Higgins. https://on.wsj.com/4uRJ68y
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A jury sided with Sam Altman and OpenAI in court. But Elon Musk won in the court of public opinion, writes Tim Higgins. https://on.wsj.com/4uRJ68y
JUST IN: Jury throws out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
Jury unanimously rules that Musk's claims are dismissed on the timeliness issue... He filed his lawsuit too late.
Court affirms it will uphold the jury's decision. It's over. Musk loses his lawsuit against OpenAI
verdict incoming shortly in Musk v Altman... stay tuned
Anyone wanna go out together to raise $1B seed @ 0% dil with me now that this precedent is set?
Musk’s case against OpenAI dismissed after just two hours of jury deliberations https://ft.trib.al/Da4SqQq
@elonmusk I do find it interesting to note that the defense WAS NOT:
"We didn't do it."
The ACTUAL defense was:
"You noticed too late."
MUSK LOSES CLAIMS BARRED BY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
UNANIMOUS VERDICT IN MUSK VS OPEN AI IS IN AFTER ONLY 90 MIN OF DELIBERATION
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/18/technology/openai-trial-verdict-altman-musk/heres-the-latest
@elonmusk Stop using the word “Humanity”
You milked it to the very last drop.
UNANIMOUS VERDICT IN MUSK VS OPEN AI IS IN AFTER ONLY 90 MIN OF DELIBERATION
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/18/technology/openai-trial-verdict-altman-musk/heres-the-latest
@elonmusk I KNEW you wouldn't back down on this.
KEEP PUSHING, ELON!
If supposed "non-profits" are allowed to steal donor money to flip into a FOR-profit, what the hell is the point of a non-profit?
@elonmusk You're wasting our tax dollars on this lame trial. All because you're greedy and want to control everyone.
Verdict.
Jury verdict, Musk loses
Claims barred by statute of limitations
REMEMBER this is advisory
@elonmusk This is insane. @Agent_Troll007 predicted it like an hour ago. Agent knows how Elon reacts in and out. 🫡
@elonmusk Sam Altman betrayed the trust of millions of people just like Mark Zuckerberg.
Those snakes cannot be trusted.
Let’s see what happens with the openAI member that “was found dead”
i just don't know how people expected Elon to have a legit case
it was always so clearly the biggest sham lawsuit. i mean bro missed the statute of limitations by years. this was all theatre.
so stupid (but we did get some interesting historical info and private text messages!)
Breaking News: A jury rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit accusing OpenAI of putting commercial gain over the public good. Jurors decided his claims were barred by the statute of limitations. https://nyti.ms/49aoVue
@elonmusk If they can steal a charity built for humanity, imagine what they'll do to your data.
