Overview
- Jury selection is scheduled to begin April 27 in Oakland federal court, with the trial expected to run through about May 22.
- A pretrial conference is set for March 13, with weekday sessions planned through May under the court’s schedule.
- Musk’s lawsuit targets Altman, OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging a shift to a capped‑profit model and a deep partnership with Microsoft violated OpenAI’s founding purpose.
- The defendants deny wrongdoing, saying Musk knew of the restructuring by 2018 and that the nonprofit arm still governs the organization.
- Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers last week declined to dismiss key claims and unsealed exhibits, including a 2023 text exchange between Musk and Altman.