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title: "Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI"
type: "News"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286803660.md"
description: "Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft, as California jurors ruled unanimously that his claims were filed too late. Musk accused them of 'stealing a charity' by forming a for-profit affiliate, but the jury found that any alleged harms occurred before the legal filing deadline. This story is still developing."
datetime: "2026-05-18T17:35:14.000Z"
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# Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI

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

Musk had accused Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI and Microsoft of “stealing a charity” by creating a for-profit affiliate to the frontier AI lab.

Jurors, however, found that any harms that Musk suffered came before the deadline for filing his claims under the law.

_This is a developing story and will be updated._

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