Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its leaders, a jury in Oakland, California, selected Monday. A lawsuit he filed was barred by the statute of limitations, the jury discovered.
Musk helped cofound and fund OpenAI, giving $38 million in its early years. He sued CEO Sam Altman, firm president Greg Brockman, and OpenAI in February 2024, alleging that they “stole a charity” after they shifted to a construction that features a for-profit arm.
Microsoft was named as a codefendant for “aiding and abetting” the claims by its investments in OpenAI. Musk left OpenAI in 2018 and began his personal AI firm, xAI, in 2023.
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