$150 billion in claims by Elon Musk against OpenAI, Microsoft and executives were thrown out after the court found he sued after the statute of limitations expired.
The case challenged OpenAI's shift from a 2015 nonprofit to a hybrid for-profit structure and its acceptance of Microsoft's investment, which later grew to about $13 billion.
OpenAI says Musk himself pushed in 2018 for a for-profit pivot, sought control and proposed tying the company to Tesla before leaving when other founders rejected the plan.
The dismissal left Musk's underlying allegations unresolved, even as OpenAI is seen as a potential $1 trillion IPO candidate and Microsoft holds a reported 27% stake.
Musk's lawsuit failed, but was he right about the hypocrisy behind OpenAI's pivot from charity to a trillion-dollar cash cow?
With its nonprofit mission weakened and Microsoft's grip loosened, who now truly governs the future of OpenAI's powerful artificial intelligence?
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