Microsoft CEO defends investment in OpenAI as not muddying nonprofit mission
By Mike Swift ( May 11, 2026, 23:42 GMT | Insight) -- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defended his company's $13 billion investment in OpenAI as not compromising the AI company's nonprofit mission to develop artificial intelligence for the good of humanity, as a jury trial in California continued Monday over Elon Musk's claims that OpenAI breached its charitable trust as a result of Microsoft's investments. Nadella faced aggressive questions from Musk's lawyer about helping OpenAI CEO Sam Altman choose candidates for OpenAI's reconstituted board in 2023, and about Microsoft employees being “embedded” at OpenAI to help develop products.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defended his company’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI on Monday as respecting the ChatGPT-maker’s independence and nonprofit mission, as the federal trial over Elon Musk’s claims that the nonprofit breached its charitable trust entered its third week....
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