All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman
Leaked trial exhibits reveal: Musk drafted OpenAI's founding mission. Here's what the emails show about who really built the lab.
Why it matters
Court-unsealed documents from the Musk v. Altman litigation expose internal dynamics, early power structures, and strategic decisions at OpenAI's founding—critical context for understanding how the lab's governance and mission evolved into its current form.
The key facts
6 to knowEmail exchanges and corporate documents from OpenAI's founding (pre-naming) now public via trial exhibits
Elon Musk heavily drafted OpenAI's mission statement and influenced early organizational structure
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO) provided in-demand supercomputer to OpenAI in early days
Sam Altman sought heavy reliance on Y Combinator for early-stage support
Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever had concerns about Musk's level of involvement (exhibit detail incomplete)
Trial is active and exhibits being revealed incrementally
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Publisher excerpt: The Musk v. Altman trial is underway, and that means exhibits, or the evidence to be presented in court, are being revealed piece by piece. So far, email exchanges, photos, and corporate documents are circulating from the earliest days of OpenAI - and from before the AI lab even had a name. Some…