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Judge Narrows Musk's $134B OpenAI Suit to Two Claims

4/26/2026

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Summary

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Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted Elon Musk’s request to reduce his lawsuit to two claims.
Jury selection begins Monday in Oakland for trial on enrichment and charitable-trust breaches by OpenAI, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.
Musk seeks up to $134 billion in damages for OpenAI’s arm, asks court to restore its status and remove Altman and Brockman, and faces denials from OpenAI, Altman, Brockman and Microsoft who call it baseless.

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Historical Context

After the DOJ’s 2001 antitrust suit forced Microsoft to share its APIs for ten years—a remedy echoed in the 2002 settlement that followed earlier 1998-2001 litigation—regulators have long scrutinized tech bundling. The latest AI antitrust case revives that precedent, prompting renewed oversight similar to the early-2000s Microsoft case and the EU’s 899 million-euro fine.

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Story summary

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted Elon Musk’s request to reduce his lawsuit to two claims.
Jury selection begins Monday in Oakland for trial on enrichment and charitable-trust breaches by OpenAI, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman.
Musk seeks up to $134 billion in damages for OpenAI’s arm, asks court to restore its status and remove Altman and Brockman, and faces denials from OpenAI, Altman, Brockman and Microsoft who call it baseless.

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