What you need to know
- Opening arguments are set to begin in the trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
- Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is overseeing the proceedings in federal court in Oakland, California.
- The Tesla CEO is accusing OpenAI, Altman and the artificial intelligence lab’s president of reneging on their vow to keep OpenAI a nonprofit. OpenAI has called the lawsuit “baseless.”
- Musk could be called to the stand to testify on Tuesday.
- Lawyers for Musk said in January that he should receive as much as $134 billion in damages.
The highly anticipated trial between Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, and Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is heading into its second day on Tuesday.
Attorneys for Musk and OpenAI will present their opening arguments to the jury, which was seated after several hours of questioning on Monday.
Depending on how long opening arguments last, Musk’s lawyers could call their first witness to the stand to testify on Tuesday.Musk and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are among the names on their witness list.
Musk sued OpenAI, Altman, and Greg Brockman, the company’s president, in 2024, alleging they went back on their promises to keep the artificial intelligence lab a nonprofit. OpenAI established a for-profit subsidiary after Musk left its board in 2018, something Musk claims he was assured would never happen.
OpenAI has characterized Musk’s lawsuit as a baseless “harassment campaign.” The company said Monday in a post on X that it “can’t wait to make our case in court where both the truth and the law are on our side.”
CNBC’s reporters are covering the trial, live on air and online, from the federal courthouse in Oakland, California, as well as from CNBC’s bureaus in San Francisco and Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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