Federal Jury Clears OpenAI and Sam Altman in Elon Musk's Lawsuit!

A federal jury unanimously ruled in favor of OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Friday, dismissing Elon Musk's lawsuit on the grounds that he waited too long to file the case. The verdict came in under two hours after a three-week trial, with Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers adopting the jury's decision.

Musk's suit, filed in 2024, accused Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft of betraying the company's original nonprofit mission by pivoting to a for-profit structure — despite internal restructuring discussions that dated back to 2017. His legal team has indicated it is preserving the right to appeal.

The ruling leaves OpenAI's corporate structure intact at a pivotal moment: the ChatGPT maker recently closed a funding round that valued the company at $852 billion, and the legal cloud over its for-profit transition has now been formally lifted by a jury.