Musk turns to antitrust claims over OpenAI-Microsoft alliance after charity loss
By Mike Swift and Alex Wilts ( July 10, 2026, 21:39 GMT | Comment) -- Hardly a stranger to using the legal system to benefit his AI ambitions, Elon Musk won an order from a California federal judge that could lead to his antitrust claims against OpenAI and Microsoft getting consideration. Musk — who is also taking on OpenAI and Apple in Texas — appears to be the only private litigant so far to have mounted a broad antitrust offensive to the web of strategic AI alliances among major technology companies. It's unclear, however, whether his antitrust claims against OpenAI and Microsoft in California have legs given US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ skepticism and the defense Microsoft offered in the recently concluded trial in Oakland.Elon Musk has never been shy about parachuting cadres of lawyers into courtrooms around the US to boost his AI business and target rivals. To date, he appears to be the only private litigant to have mounted broad challenges to the network of strategic AI alliances among major technology companies — partnerships that have also drawn scrutiny from federal antitrust enforcers. ...
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