The AI Industry on Trial
Musk v. Altman: he wrote the founding check, they built it without him, and now everyone is under oath.
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$38 Million Scorned.
He wrote the founding check. They built it without him. Now he wants $134 billion and Sam's job.
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"I was a fool."
Elon Musk · on himself Under oath · 30 April 2026
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"I thought he was going to hit me."
Greg Brockman · on Musk Sworn · re. August 2017
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"You will be the most hated men in America."
Elon Musk · pre-trial message to Brockman In evidence
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"It was sort of amateur city."
Satya Nadella · on the 2023 OpenAI board Sworn testimony
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"Maybe I should pass it to my children."
Elon Musk · per Altman's testimony Recounted under oath · 12 May 2026
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"She was waiting to see which way the wind would blow."
Helen Toner · on Mira Murati Video deposition
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"A consistent pattern of lying."
Ilya Sutskever · on Sam Altman Sworn · 11 May 2026
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"If there's no funding, there is no big computer."
Ilya Sutskever · on the for-profit pivot Under oath
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"You are instructed not to talk about extinction again."
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers · to Musk From the bench
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Elon Musk
Plaintiff
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Sam Altman
Defendant · CEO, OpenAI
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Greg Brockman
Witness · President, OpenAI
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Satya Nadella
Witness · CEO, Microsoft
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Ilya Sutskever
Witness · founder, SSI
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Mira Murati
Witness · ex-CTO, OpenAI
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Helen Toner
Deposition · ex-OpenAI board
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Dario Amodei
Cameo · CEO, Anthropic
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Joshua Achiam
Cameo · Chief Futurist, OpenAI
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Shivon Zilis
On the record · ex-OpenAI board
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Judge Gonzalez Rogers
Presiding · N.D. Cal.
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