Jury unanimously dismisses Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI
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A California jury on Monday unanimously dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman on the grounds that Musk had failed to file a claim within the statute of limitations, delivering a major legal victory for the AI company.
Key facts
Microsoft had generated $9.5 billion in revenue from the OpenAI partnership as of March 2025, according to Michael Wetter, a corporate development executive at Microsoft, who testified
Musk was seeking $150 billion in damages from OpenAI and Altman's removal from company leadership
Musk, who helped co-found OpenAI, invested $38 million in the company during its early years, which he argued was intended for charitable purposes
OpenAI had argued that Musk waited too long and could not claim any harm that occurred before August 2021
Summary
The nine-person jury, which was serving in an advisory role, found that Musk missed the three-year window to file a claim. "The finding of the jury confirms that what this lawsuit was was a hypocritical attempt to sabotage a competitor and to overcome a long history of bad predictions about what OpenAI has been and will become," OpenAI attorney William Savitt said outside the courtroom after the decision, noting that it took the jury less than two hours of deliberation to reach a decision. Musk said on social media that he plans to appeal the ruling.