Elon Musk lost his lawsuit against OpenAI and co-founder Sam Altman marking latest in string of legal defeats for world’s richest man. The Monday ruling follows several recent courtroom losses or settlements including case brought by Twitter investors and lawsuit against advertisers who left X platform.
Musk agreed to settle with former Twitter executives and thousands of former employees late last year after fighting for years to pay them nothing. Twitter investors claimed public statements he made during takeover misled them when judge ruled against Musk in March. That same month, judge threw out his lawsuit against advertisers that decided to leave platform.
Another judge reversed certain actions by Doge, the government cost-cutting department Musk helped create and led last year in May. The judge found cuts to some grants were textbook example of unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. Jury found Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI in high-profile case exposing tech industry tensions.
Musk criticized decision against him in OpenAI case writing on X it created free license to loot charities if you can keep looting quiet for few years. He also insulted judge overseeing case as terrible activist and vowed to appeal against verdict.
Regarding the OpenAI case, the judge & jury never actually ruled on the merits of the case, just on a calendar technicality.
There is no question to anyone following the case in detail that Altman & Brockman did in fact enrich themselves by stealing a charity. The only question…
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2026
Musk is poised to soon be world’s first trillionaire given stake in SpaceX expected to be publicly listed in near future.
