Musk v. Altman governance case

Docket

Brought by

EMElon Musk

v.

Defendants

OpenAIMicrosoft

Elon Musk sued OpenAI, Sam Altman and Microsoft over OpenAI moving away from its nonprofit founding promises. A mediator was appointed in July 2026.

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