Musk v. Altman closing arguments delivered, case goes to advisory jury

Closing arguments in Musk v. Altman were delivered on Thursday 14 May 2026 at the federal courthouse in Oakland, with the nine-person advisory jury beginning deliberations the same day. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers presided. The advisory jury is expected to return a finding on alleged wrongdoing the week of 18 May, but the binding ruling rests with Judge Gonzalez Rogers because the case is in equity, not at law. Sam Altman concluded his testimony on Tuesday 12 May, telling the court he made no commitments to Elon Musk about preserving OpenAI's nonprofit structure and that the original nonprofit had been 'left for dead' by Musk. Musk's counsel asked the court to remove Altman and Greg Brockman from their roles and to unwind the 2024 restructuring that gave OpenAI a for-profit subsidiary. Defendants argued the restructuring was necessary to attract the capital required to pursue the original mission of building artificial general intelligence for the benefit of humanity.