New turning point in the case between Elon Musk and Operai. The trial initiated by the billionaire against the company will take place. A situation that Openai and his boss Sam Altman would have liked to avoid.
According to Financial Times, the judge in charge of the file considered this Thursday, May 1, that certain claims of Elon Musk and his lawyers were at least legitimate to the trial. She will have fired several aspects in the initial statement of Elon Musk.
The division between Openai and Musk
The war between Operai and Elon Musk returned long before the US company became known with Chatgpt. While the company was just a young session, Elon Musk had invested in it as one of its main taxpayers. He also had a co -president. Openai aimed to be a non -running entity.
But after a while, the billionaire had the ambition to merge with Tesla, his own business. The decision was finally rejected, Elon Musk then left OpenAi.
Chatgpt explodes a few years later. The billionaire created Xai and his Grok, determined to compete in Openai. Since then, Elon Musk has been trying to hinder OpenAi activities.
The billionaire feels betrayed
The American company wants to start the transition from its non -profit model to a lucrative model. A completely assumed transition since a lucrative model would allow you to raise funds and thus make your activities thrive in the AI field.
In 2024, Elon Musk took this change to attack the business in court. Reproacha this transition to OpenAI, while in its launch, the company had to remain without human developing an AI “for the good of humanity.” After having invested almost $ 45 million in its beginnings, Musk says it is betrayed and “fraud” for this OpenAi investment.
This test had to be a brake for Openai, preventing the company from changing its economic model. However, the judge decided not to suspend Openai’s transition to a lucrative entity. However, a trial will be held in March 2026.
A judicial war
For OpenAi, this test is the drop of water that overflows the vase. At the beginning of April 2025, the American company in turn announced to file a complaint against Elon Musk, accusing the man of using all the tactics at his disposal to reduce the speed of Openai. Sam Altman also asked Justice to classify the case.
In the end, only a part of the complaint filed by Musk can continue according to Bloomberg. The judge in charge of the archive retained the accusation of fraud made by the billionaire, said he was deceived by Openai. Some accusations are also maintained with respect to Microsoft, the main current taxpayer of Openai.
On the other hand, the judge rejected any complaint. This refers to the accusations of extortion, false advertising and for violation of the administrator’s obligation (poor protection of shareholders’ interests).
Source: BFM TV
