Musk, OpenAI file trial briefs on key charitable trust dispute in US trial
( April 30, 2026, 21:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Elon Musk and OpenAI, and its executives Sam Altman and Greg Brockman filed written arguments with a federal judge over whether OpenAI and Altman "solicited" charitable donations from Musk after OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit in 2015. OpenAI and Altman's solicitation "falls squarely within the scope of the statute. As a party solicited to make donations that were accepted but then misused by the charity for unauthorized activity, Musk is empowered to vindicate his rights under California law," Musk said. The OpenAI defendants countered that "there is no legal or factual basis for Musk’s argument that a charitable trust was created under those provisions of California’s charitable solicitations statute. Accordingly, the jury should not be instructed regarding this alternative basis for Musk’s claim."See attached documents....
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