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The Real Stakes Behind Elon Musk’s Showdown with Sam Altman

A California trial examines whether OpenAI’s evolution into a for-profit giant violated its founding commitments and investor trust.

With the trial underway for Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman, judges and jurors are weighing a central question: Can a company that began as a nonprofit later evolve into a for-profit enterprise without violating its original mission? Musk, an OpenAI co-founder and the owner of its rival, xAI, argues the answer is no. His sweeping demands reflect that view: the world’s richest person is seeking financial damages, a return to OpenAI’s original structure and a legal determination on whether its models are approaching artificial general intelligence (A.G.I.).

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Musk said his concern for OpenAI reached a breaking point when OpenAI received a $10 billion investment from Microsoft in 2022. “By late 2022, I’d lost trust in Altman, and I........

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