Musk v. Altman: the jury unanimously rejects Elon Musk's claims against Sam Altman, finding that the claims were filed outside of the statute of limitations

After less than two hours of deliberations, a jury rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, ending a dramatic chapter …

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@mweinbach Max Weinbach on x
Composer 2.5 is very good It's good at doing more than just quick iterations of front-end now I will probably use it over Claude in Cursor
@zeffmax Max Zeff on x
One word statement from Elon Musk's lawyer Marc Toberoff to reporters walking out of the courtroom: “Appeal.”
@shakeelhashim Shakeel on x
Well that was a good use of everyone's time!
@mgsiegler M.G. Siegler on x
Narrator: we did not. https://spyglass.org/... [image]
@altryne Alex Volkov on x
BREAKING: in Musk v. Altman, a unanimous nine-person jury found OpenAI not liable! determining that Elon Musk brought his claims past the legal statute of limitations. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez indicated she'll likely side with the jury. @OpenAI avoids a potentially devastating [imag…
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
3/ If this came down to stature of limitations, why did the judge allow case to proceed? Feels like a waste of everyone's time and money.
@gerritd Gerrit De Vynck on x
Musk has lost his case against OpenAI in the most anti-climactic way possible. Less than 2 hours of jury deliberation despite 3 weeks of testimony and hundreds of documents. The jury didn't weigh in on whether Musk was right or wrong, they just said he failed to bring his claims
@danprimack Dan Primack on x
Breaking: @sama beats @elonmusk in court.
@alexrkonrad Alex Konrad on x
this whole Musk vs OpenAI spectacle could've been an email
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
MUSK LOSES CLAIMS BARRED BY STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
@mikeisaac Rat King on x
UNANIMOUS VERDICT IN MUSK VS OPEN AI IS IN AFTER ONLY 90 MIN OF DELIBERATION https://www.nytimes.com/...
@ceodonovan Caroline O'Donovan on x
i think we can all agree the real winner here is @RonanFarrow for getting his “dozens of pages” long Altman profile name checked in the court record
@garymarcus Gary Marcus on x
the AI trial of the century ending with procedural whimper rather a bang; the jury agreed that Musk was too late but never weighed in on the questions of whether OpenAI did was legitimate. and so we will never know what the world might be like had OpenAI been forced to fully
@lex_node @lex_node on x
every lawyer, founder, VC will now have ‘start as nonprofit and pivot to for-profit while giving donors no equity’ as a standard part of their playbooks ‘normal tech’ becoming more like crypto by the day [image]
@gerberkawasaki Ross Gerber on x
Elon loses in court against Sam. Not unexpected after reviewing the testimony. Open AI wins the case.
Kimberly Russell Kimberly Russell on linkedin
🚨JUST IN: A federal jury in Oakland rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft — unanimously, in under two hours. …
Harleen Kaur Bawa Harleen Kaur Bawa on linkedin
The jury just delivered a unanimous verdict in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI — and it took only about two hours. — Dismissed. All charges. …
r/singularity r on reddit
Elon Musk loses court battle against Sam Altman and OpenAI after 3-week trial
r/StockMarket r on reddit
Elon Musk loses court battle against Sam Altman and OpenAI after 3-week trial
@haydenfield Hayden Field on bluesky
Public opinion of the AI industry is already sinking. A parade of seemingly untrustworthy executives makes it look worse. Ultimately, Musk v. Altman was a battle about control—and even though claims were dismissed, some of the trial takeaways were damning. www.theverge.com/ai-a…
@rincewind.run Micah on bluesky
my natural schadenfreude at elon musk eating shit is being tempered by the fact that the beneficiary is sam altman [embedded post]
@klonick Kate Klonick on bluesky
Can't believe this all came down to SoL. — Which as a reminder for those studying for the bar exam, is a perfect acronym. — www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...
@carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky
Elon Musk has lost the lawsuit intended to stop OpenAI from switching to a for-profit corporation from a non-profit. — He lost on a technicality: the jury unanimously agreed he filed the lawsuit too late and thus beyond the statute of limitations. He had 3 years to sue but did…
@emptywheel @emptywheel on bluesky
After jury decides Elon waited too long to sue Sam Altman, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says she was ready to dismiss on the spot. — Which, by not doing, resulted in a whole lot of damning information getting into the public record. — www.reuters.com/legal/govern... [image]
r/accelerate r on reddit
Jury tosses Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
@elonmusk Elon Musk on x
This illustrates why the ruling by the terrible activist Oakland judge, who simply used the jury as a fig leaf, creates such a terrible precedent. She just handed out a free license to loot charities if you can keep the looting quiet for a few years!
@beffjezos @beffjezos on x
Anyone wanna go out together to raise $1B seed @ 0% dil with me now that this precedent is set?
r/news r on reddit
Jury throws out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman in less than two hours
r/BetterOffline r on reddit
Elon Musk loses court battle against Sam Altman and OpenAI after 3-week trial
@sporadica @sporadica on x
i just don't know how people expected Elon to have a legit case it was always so clearly the biggest sham lawsuit. i mean bro missed the statute of limitations by years. this was all theatre. so stupid (but we did get some interesting historical info and private text messages!) […
@wolf_vukovic Vuk Vukovic on x
It's a bit disappointing to see the suit being dismissed on such a basic procedural error. I was really interested to see the verdict and the justification behind it. Having said that, if I were Musk, I would be furious with either myself or my legal team. To not even consider
@socialmedialab.ca @socialmedialab.ca on bluesky
Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. The only silver lining was that some of Silicon Valley's dirty laundry got aired in public. techcrunch.com/2026/05/18/e...
@rachelmetz Rachel Metz on x
Covering the Musk/Altman trial has been a wild ride. To me, the most fascinating thing was the $$$ — Greg and Ilya's $30B and $7B stakes in OAI, Sam's billions in co's that do biz w OAI, the $100B+ MSFT spent (including its $13B investment) on OAI. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
@apples_jimmy @apples_jimmy on x
He also lost another case in February when he accused openai of poaching his employees. You're not going to have a better lab by trying crap lawsuits bro.
@zeffmax Max Zeff on x
I'm seeing lots of confusion about why the statute of limitations issue came to a trial at all. Musk and OpenAI disagreed about when Musk could have reasonably become convinced that OpenAI was “stealing a charity,” as he alleges. Because this case was filed in 2024, Musk had to
@katiemiller Katie Miller on x
What a retarded headline — the judge & jury didn't rule on his claims. Sam Altman stole a charity. Maybe the law is too difficult for WIRED.
@katiemiller Katie Miller on x
The judge and jury completely sidestepped @elonmusk's core claims against the company. Sam Altman stole a charity. Two hours of jury deliberations prove they didn't even consider breach of charitable trust.
@quinnypig Corey Quinn on x
Old man requests someone teach him this lesson again.

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