Elon Musk said any financial gains from his lawsuit against OpenAI will be donated to charity. Musk is seeking up to $134 billion, alleging OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission. The case heads to trial on April 27, though a judge has questioned the damages estimates.
Elon Musk has publicly pledged that any financial proceeds from his ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI will go entirely to charity. In a post on X, Musk wrote, "Btw, the proceeds of any legal victory in the OpenAI case will be donated to charity. I will in no way enrich myself." The post went viral, with many users asking Musk to specify which charities he intends to support.
What is the OpenAI case?
Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 alongside Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, contributing approximately $38 million, roughly 60 percent of the organisation's early seed funding, on the understanding that OpenAI would remain a nonprofit dedicated to developing AI for the benefit of humanity.
At the heart of his legal fight is a fundamental question - did OpenAI stray from its founding purpose? Musk claims that OpenAI's shift towards a commercially driven, for-profit structure, particularly through its deepening ties with Microsoft, constitutes a violation of fiduciary duties and charitable trust principles. He left the board in 2018, citing potential conflicts of interest with Tesla's AI development. OpenAI subsequently created a for-profit subsidiary in 2019, accepted billions from Microsoft, and completed a full restructuring into a Public Benefit Corporation in October 2025.
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