On Tuesday, Elon Musk amended his lawsuit that accuses OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of abandoning its mission, clarifying that any ill-gotten gains recovered should be returned to the AI firm’s charitable nonprofit arm, not to Musk.

Musk was a co-founder and major early investor in OpenAI when the AI giant began as a nonprofit AI lab in 2015. Musk and OpenAI eventually fell out, an event which saw Musk leave the company and later create OpenAI competitor xAI in 2023. Via xAI, Musk made an unsolicited bid to acquire OpenAI for $97.4 billion in February 2025.

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Elon Musk responded to reports the $500 billion Stargate data center venture has effectively stalled, saying, “Hardware is hard” and “Those who have tried to do so at scale will understand.” The original pitch was enormous: $500 billion for 10 ...