Jan. 20, 2026
Judge allows Elon Musk's fraud suit against OpenAI to proceed
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers denied OpenAI's motion for summary judgment in Elon Musk's lawsuit, clearing the way for a trial in late April over allegations he was misled about the company's nonprofit status.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers allowed Elon Musk's high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI to go forward Thursday, denying the company's motion for summary judgment, with trial set for late April.
Musk sued the company and its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, for fraud, claiming he donated millions of dollars to OpenAI while it was a nonprofit, under the impression it planned to remain one. OpenAI eventually became a for-profit company with Microsoft taking ...
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