Musk fixer's testimony about $97bn bid for OpenAI will be struck, US judge says
By Mike Swift ( May 1, 2026, 22:10 GMT | Insight) -- As the trial between Elon Musk, OpenAI and Microsoft ends its first week, the US federal judge overseeing the trial said she will strike testimony earlier this week from Musk's financial fixer about the billionaire's $97.4 billion bid last year for his xAI to takeover OpenAI. With trial testimony not set to resume until Monday, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers heard argument Friday about jury instructions that will be key to the jurors' determination of whether OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman committed a breach of charitable trust in converting the company to a dominant for-profit model.A federal judge said Friday she will strike testimony by Elon Musk’s fixer about Musk’s $97 billion bid last year to buy OpenAI from the ongoing trial over the ChatGPT maker’s for-profit conversion, ruling that Jared Birchall had no personal knowledge of the bid....
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