Elon Gets DESTROYED in Court Over OpenAI Lawsuit
Published May 18, 2026 at 2:41 pm
A federal jury just handed Elon Musk one of his biggest L’s yet—and it happened in a courtroom Monday. The billionaire’s explosive lawsuit against OpenAI and founder Sam Altman got absolutely demolished. A jury ruled that OpenAI and Altman aren’t liable for abandoning the company’s original mission to benefit humanity, which is basically what Elon’s entire case was built on.
Musk had been suing OpenAI, claiming the company ditched its nonprofit roots and became a profit-obsessed machine once Microsoft started throwing billions at it. He wanted the court to force OpenAI to return to its original mission or break ties with Microsoft. Spoiler alert: that didn’t happen.
The jury’s decision is a massive blow to Elon’s argument. This wasn’t some small legal technicality either—this was the core of everything he was fighting for. And he lost, badly.
The case has been one of the messiest breakups in tech history. Elon co-founded OpenAI back in 2015 but left its board in 2018. For years, he stayed quiet. Then suddenly in 2024, he came out swinging with this lawsuit, claiming the company betrayed him and humanity. Clearly, the jury wasn’t buying it.
Based on reporting from TMZ.