Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

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Apr 28, 2026 - 21:05
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Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
Graphic photo collage of Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are set to face off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of tech’s leading AI startup, OpenAI. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding mission of developing AI to benefit humanity and shifting focus to boosting profits instead. The trial began with jury selection on April 27th, and today, Elon Musk has arrived at the courthouse, where we anticipate he may take the stand.

Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI and claims that Altman and cofounder Greg Brockman tricked him into giving the company money, only to turn their backs on their original goal. However, OpenAI says that “This lawsuit has always been a baseless and jealous bid to derail a competitor” in a bid to boost Musk’s own SpaceX / xAI / X companies that have launched Grok as a competitor to ChatGPT.

In his lawsuit, Musk is asking for the removal of Altman and Brockman, and for OpenAI to stop operating as a public benefit corporation. Musk has also demanded that OpenAI’s nonprofit receive up to $150 billion in damages he’s asking for if he wins the case.

Here’s all the latest on the trial between Musk and Altman:

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