A federal jury unanimously sided with OpenAI and its top executives in a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk, finding he waited too long and missed the statute of limitations. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted the advisory verdict and dismissed Musk’s claims afte
By the time the court heard the dispute, the personal break between two of Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures had already hardened into something harder to reverse.
A nine-person federal jury unanimously found that Elon Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit—Musk v.. Altman et al.—and missed the deadline set by the statute of limitations.. The finding was delivered in an advisory role. but Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted the verdict on Monday and dismissed Musk’s claims.
Musk, the world’s richest man, was a co-founder of OpenAI, a company launched in 2015.. After investing $38 million in its first years. Musk accused OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his top deputy of shifting into a moneymaking mode behind his back. steering away from the nonprofit purpose he said they once shared for guiding artificial intelligence’s development for humanity’s benefit.
The trial began April 27 in Oakland, California, and focused on the feud’s timeline and the early framing of OpenAI’s mission. Musk’s lawsuit painted the conflict as a betrayal of a founding vision, while the court’s outcome turned on timing rather than the merits of those accusations.
While the jury’s role was advisory, the judge’s decision Monday made the result final in court.. OpenAI and its top executives now keep the legal win as the case closes. even as the broader story around OpenAI has continued to accelerate: the company is now valued at $852 billion and is moving toward what could become one of the largest initial public offerings in history.
The pattern the court followed was stark: a nine-person jury unanimously concluded Musk’s filing came after the statute of limitations, and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted that advisory verdict the same week, leading to dismissal of Musk’s claims.
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