Elon Musk and OpenAI Set for Jury Trial in Spring 2026
A federal judge has scheduled a jury trial for Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI in the spring of 2026. This follows a decision last month to fast-track the case, which centers around OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit model. The legal dispute has become a focal point of tension between Musk, the world’s richest person, and OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman. OpenAI is currently in the process of raising a funding round that could reach up to $40 billion, with SoftBank, a Japanese tech investment group, leading the investment. Despite Musk’s attempts to halt OpenAI’s transition, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected his request and instead pushed for an expedited trial
