The $852 Billion ‘Charity’: Elon Musk Vs. Sam Altman Heads to the Jury

A California federal jury is set to weigh Elon Musk’s claims that Sam Altman and OpenAI betrayed the company’s nonprofit mission.

Musk says Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI put their own interests — and Microsoft’s — ahead of the charitable purpose he helped found in 2015.

OpenAI counters that Musk is trying to hurt a rival, while Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers will make the final ruling after the jury’s advisory verdict.

The case could force changes to OpenAI’s ownership structure, send billions to its nonprofit arm, and affect a potential blockbuster IPO.