COMPUTE! The AI industry, overheard · Est. 2026
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Illustrated cover — Elon Musk, Musk v. Altman trial special
Issue №1 · May 19, 2026

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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  1. the lede

    $38 Million Scorned.

    He wrote the founding check. They built it without him. Now he wants $134 billion and Sam's job.

  2. pseuds corner

    "I was a fool."

    Elon Musk · on himself Under oath · 30 April 2026

  3. pseuds corner

    "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

  5. pseuds corner

    "It was sort of amateur city."

    Satya Nadella · on the 2023 OpenAI board Sworn testimony

  6. pseuds corner

    "Maybe I should pass it to my children."

    Elon Musk · per Altman's testimony Recounted under oath · 12 May 2026

  7. pseuds corner

    "She was waiting to see which way the wind would blow."

    Helen Toner · on Mira Murati Video deposition

  8. pseuds corner

    "A consistent pattern of lying."

    Ilya Sutskever · on Sam Altman Sworn · 11 May 2026

  9. pseuds corner

    "If there's no funding, there is no big computer."

    Ilya Sutskever · on the for-profit pivot Under oath

  10. pseuds corner

    "You are instructed not to talk about extinction again."

    Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers · to Musk From the bench

  11. frontier circular

    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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