Elon Musk seeks ouster of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as part of lawsuit
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Elon Musk is suing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman, claiming they deceived him into donating $38 million by promising the company would remain a nonprofit when it later became a for-profit entity. In his legal filing, Musk is seeking to have both executives removed from their roles, asking the court to force OpenAI to revert to operating as a true nonprofit, with jury selection scheduled to begin in April 2025.
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Original source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/elon-musk-seeks-ouster-of-openai-ceo-sam-altman-as-part-of-lawsuit.html
First tracked: April 7, 2026 at 08:00 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%