Madlin Mekelburg and Isaiah Poritz (Bloomberg Law)May 19, 2026 – 4.27amA jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman’s leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public by morphing into a for-profit business, finding that he waited too long to bring his claims against the company.The verdict reached on Monday (Tuesday AEST) in federal court in Oakland, California, follows a trial over the bitter feud between the entrepreneurs who worked together to launch the startup in 2015. OpenAI has since evolved into one of the world’s most valuable and powerful artificial intelligence companies.BloombergSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles