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Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI

TechCrunch AI Tim Fernholz May 18, 2026
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
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# Elon Musk Loses OpenAI Lawsuit Over Timing, Not Merit Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and co-founder Sam Altman has been dismissed because a California court ruled he waited too long to file it—not because his complaints were necessarily wrong. A jury unanimously decided the case should never have been brought at this point, meaning Musk won't get his day in court on the actual allegations. The decision doesn't address whether OpenAI actually mistreated Musk as he claimed, only that he missed the legal deadline to pursue the claim.

Elon Musk's claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI co-founders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late.

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