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Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI’s beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman
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Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI’s beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman

The Seattle Times·BARBARA ORTUTAY The Associated Press·about 1 month ago
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April 29, 2026 at 10:58 am OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world’s richest man against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity’s benefit. The trial centers on the 2015 birth of the ChatGPT maker as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion. It started Monday and is expected to last about three weeks. Musk, who invested about $38 million in OpenAI from December 2015 through May 2017, gave his account of OpenAI’s early years, recounting how he lost confidence that Altman would keep it a nonprofit. Questioned by his lawyer Steven Molo, Musk said by late 2022 he was concerned he was trying to “steal the charity.” “It turned out to be true,” Musk said on the witness stand, wearing his usual courtroom attire of a black suit and tie.…

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