TL;DR of the Elon vs OpenAI saga:


Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit "for the benefit of humanity," with open research and no profit motive.
He donated ~$38–50 million early on, helped recruit talent, and left the board in 2018 after disagreements.
Musk now accuses Sam Altman (CEO) and Greg Brockman (president) of betraying that mission.
They allegedly shifted OpenAI to a for-profit model (capped-profit then full commercial), struck huge Microsoft deals, and enriched themselves (Brockman with tens of billions in equity; Altman via side deals and potential massive stock).
OpenAI is now valued at hundreds of billions, with IPO plans.
Musk sued in 2024 (revived/amended), seeking up to $134–150+ billion in damages returned to the nonprofit, plus removal of Altman and Brockman from leadership, and reversal of the for-profit shift.
Core claims: breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment (he dropped fraud claims recently to "streamline" for trial).
Jury selection starts today in federal court in Oakland, California.
Testimony expected from Musk, Altman, Brockman, and others (possibly Microsoft’s Satya Nadella).
Musk repeatedly calls him "Scam Altman," says they "stole/looted a charity," and warns it undermines all U.S. charitable giving.
Altman/OpenAI call it a jealous competitor’s baseless attack
Trust the degens to spam tokens, but seems the runner is solana:6AVAUKa9uxQpruHZUinFECpXEh1usRVtzQWK8N2wpump, sitting at ~$4M rn.
Not one boring day this year lmao.
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