OpenAI trial: Mother of Musk's children says he offered Altman a Tesla board seat
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Source: CNBC TechnologyMay 7, 2026
Summary
This article covers testimony in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its leaders, where a witness testified about discussions around 2017-2018 regarding whether OpenAI should remain a nonprofit or become a for-profit company. Musk claims OpenAI broke promises to stay nonprofit and focus on charitable work, while the company established a for-profit subsidiary after he left in 2018. The testimony reveals various corporate structure options were debated, including a proposal where OpenAI would join Tesla and Musk would offer Altman a board seat there.
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Original source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/open-ai-trial-shivon-zilis-musk-altman-tesla-board.html
First tracked: May 7, 2026 at 02:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%