Musk vs. Altman is here, and it’s going to get messy

April 24, 2026 Elizabeth Lopatto

Elon Musk is jumping in front of a courthouse while Sam Altman looks puzzled
Might as well jump, as the poet David Lee Roth once said. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge

Elon Musk cofounded OpenAI, and then flounced off in a huff when he wasn't anointed CEO, leaving Sam Altman as the last power-hungry man standing. Now, Musk is back with a lawsuit, and a trial is scheduled to start in Oakland, California, on April 27th. Theoretically, it's a legal case about whether OpenAI defrauded Musk. But that's not really what we're all doing here. This is about mess.

Over the past couple of years, Musk's legal theories for punishing OpenAI have run the gamut from breach of contract to unfair business practices to false advertising. Now, he and Altman will be getting called to the stand at a particularly delicate time …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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