May 20th, 2026
Elon Musk Will Appeal His Loss to OpenAI's Sam Altman
A jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman’s leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public by morphing into a for-profit business, finding that he waited too long to sue the company. In a post on X this week, Musk said that he will be filing an appeal with the Ninth Circuit court, noting “the judge and jury never actually ruled on the merits” of the case. For a closer look, we speak with Matthew Schettenhelm, media litigation analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.
