Musk loses case against Sam Altman over OpenAI mission

Published May 18, 2026 2:04pm ET | Updated May 18, 2026 2:33pm ET



A federal grand jury dismissed Elon Musk‘s claims that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abandoning the company’s original humanitarian mission in a ruling on Monday.

The jury unanimously decided that all of Musk’s claims were not brought in a timely manner within the statute of limitations, and thus Altman could not be held liable.

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