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Elon Musk accuses OpenAI's leaders of 'looting the nonprofit' in court testimony
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Elon Musk arrives at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
Key facts
- Later, he said: "The reporter gave them $38 million of free funding which they then used to create an $800 billion for-profit company
- Savitt pressed the point that Musk had pledged $1 billion in funding for OpenAI but didn't come close, only contributing $38 million
- Elon Musk arrives at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, April 28, 2026
- But Musk said when he learned about a later investment by Microsoft of $10 billion, he was disturbed and felt that the charitable trust had been violated because the size of OpenAI had grown
Summary
Elon Musk arrives at the U.S. Elon Musk, of Tesla, SpaceX and DOGE fame, said in court on Wednesday he was "a fool" for putting money into the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, which started off as a nonprofit but later created a for-profit arm. Musk is suing OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman and others, claiming, as his attorney put it, that they " stole a charity. Musk is now seeking the ouster of Altman and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, and the rollback of the for-profit structure, moves that could radically alter the competitive landscape for artificial intelligence. On Tuesday, Musk's lead attorney had argued that the nonprofit had been stolen, despite promises to Musk that OpenAI would remain true to its nonprofit principles.