Sam Altman · OpenAI · Elon Musk · Anthropic · Microsoft · SpaceX · CNBC Technology
In 2023, Musk launched a competing company called xAI, which developed the AI image generator and chatbot Grok
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In February, Musk's SpaceX acquired xAI, which also owns X (formerly Twitter) in a deal that valued the combined entity at $1.25 trillion.
Key facts
- Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, claiming the artificial intelligence company that he helped start almost a decade earlier "assiduously manipulated" and "deceived" him into donating $38 million
- In February, Musk's SpaceX acquired xAI, which also owns X (formerly Twitter) in a deal that valued the combined entity at $1.25 trillion
- Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman removed from their roles as officers in the company as part of a case that's expected to go to trial later this month
- Musk, Altman and others co-founded OpenAI as a nonprofit AI lab in 2015
Summary
Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman removed from their roles as officers in the company as part of a case that's expected to go to trial later this month. In a legal filing on Tuesday, Musk's lawyers laid out specific remedies their client is seeking if a judge and jury determine that Altman and OpenAI defrauded Musk, the world's richest person. Musk sued Altman and OpenAI in 2024, claiming the artificial intelligence company that he helped start almost a decade earlier "assiduously manipulated" and "deceived" him into donating $38 million, based on promises that the entity would remain a nonprofit. "Plaintiff will seek an order removing Altman as a director from the OpenAI nonprofit board and removing both Altman and Brockman as officers of the OpenAI for-profit," Musk's lawyers said in Tuesday's filing.