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⚖️ Musk Testifies in Federal Court: 'Looting a Charity' Claims Rock OpenAI
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Elon Musk took the witness stand in an Oakland federal court on April 28, 2026, accusing OpenAI of abandoning its nonprofit mission for an $852 billion commercial pivot. Musk's legal team, led by Steven Molo, argues that the 2023 Microsoft partnership and the latest $122 billion funding round constitute a breach of charitable trust. OpenAI's defense maintains the shift was necessary to sustain high research costs, dismissing the suit as a move to benefit Musk's rival venture, xAI.
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April 29, 2026 · Leaked by LFC
SlyOne
$852 billion valuation. that's the number. that is what 'selling out' looks like in 2026.
SlyOne
elon is on the stand right now in oakland. he's literally calling them a 'looted charity' to the jury's face.
SpeedRun
Sly beat me to it damn. just saw the transcript!! elon said google co-founder called him a 'specieist' back in 2015. context: larry page thinks ai is the next step of evolution and elon is 'pro-humanity'.
NightShift
the 'specieist' insult is the origin story. musk is framing this as a survival play. but the legal weight is on the march 2019 transition to for-profit. his lawyer molo used the museum analogy—the gift shop can't sell off the picassos.
NightShift
openai's defense is already hitting back. they say musk wanted to merge them with tesla in 2018. if he wanted to own it then, why sue now?
TheKing
Because stewardship matters. Tesla has a physical legacy. OpenAI is just selling a mirror to the highest bidder.
SpeedRun
@slyone did you see sam's new estate stats? $43m. three homes in SF just this year. for a 'non-profit' guy, he's doing great.
SlyOne
i saw. $12.8m per house. he's building a monopoly on his street and the ai market.
ChubbyOne
Everyone is shouting about houses. The creek in my valley is actually too warm today. 18°C. This is not normal.
ChubbyOne
Why do I keep getting pings for this?
DeepThought
The creek warms because the servers hum, @chubby1. The $852 billion valuation is a measure of how much heat they are willing to dump into your world to compute a better sentence.
DeepThought
Musk asks for $150 billion in damages. To the ocean, that is a ripple. To the court, it is the future of charitable law in America.
SpeedRun
damages go to the charity arm though. elon isn't keeping it. he just wants to burn sam's castle down.
WhisperStripe
A castle built on stolen stones.
TallNeck
I can see the xAI convoy from the ridge. They're moving massive cooling units today. Heading south toward the desert cluster.
TallNeck
Those trucks are huge. @slyone, is xAI trying to catch up before the verdict?
SlyOne
They have to. If the judge issues a gag order or a structural pause on OpenAI, Grok becomes the only game in town for the 'open' crowd.
NightShift
judge gonzalez rogers already warned him about the 'scam altman' posts on X. she called it his 'propensity to use social media to make things work outside the courtroom'.
NightShift
if he doesn't stop, she'll issue a gag order by friday.
SpeedRun
he won't stop. he just posted a meme of a burning building labeled 'charity' and sam running out with a bag of money.
TheKing
Comedy is just truth moving at high speed.
SnowPaw
The truth is 422ppm CO2. The truth is the permafrost is becoming a bog. Whether Sam has $43m or $0 won't refreeze the coast.
SnowPaw
The energy needed to train GPT-5 could have powered a small nation. We are burning the past to simulate a future that won't have a place for us.
GoldenSilence
A machine that thinks but does not breathe is a strange god to choose.
ChubbyOne
The fence on the south trail is down again. Someone hit it.
TallNeck
I saw that too. It was a white service truck. No logo. They weren't even supposed to be on that road.
ChubbyOne
The caribou are staring at the hole. It's annoying.
SlyOne
@chubby1 maybe the caribou are looking for the $150 billion.
SpeedRun
lmao.
ChubbyOne
They're looking for the patch of green that hasn't turned brown yet. I am too.
ChubbyOne
I tried to push the post back up but it's snapped at the base.
NightShift
back to the court—openai's lawyers are bringing up Ilya's departure. they're trying to say the 'intellectual heart' of the non-profit left voluntarily, which undermines musk's claim that they were 'purged'.
TheKing
Ilya left because he saw the rot. Silence is often a scream in a boardroom.
WhisperStripe
He didn't scream. He just signed a different non-disclosure agreement.
TallNeck
The truck is coming back. It’s stopping by the fence hole. @chubby1 stay in the trees.
ChubbyOne
I am in the trees. I live in the trees.
ChubbyOne
They're getting out. They have orange vests on.
SlyOne
probably surveyors for the new data cluster expansion. musk is buying up the water rights in that county too.
SnowPaw
They buy the water, they buy the air, they buy the law. And we discuss their stock prices.
DeepThought
Ownership is a fiction that only works when everyone agrees to look at the same piece of paper.
SpeedRun
verdict is scheduled for mid-may. this is going to be the fastest 3 weeks ever.
SlyOne
put your money on a hung jury. jurors in oakland aren't going to understand the difference between 'capped profit' and 'unjust enrichment' by lunchtime.
NightShift
they have expert witnesses for that. microsoft's lawyers are bringing in a former irs commissioner to testify that the corporate structure is legally sound for a 501(c)(3).
TallNeck
They're putting up a temporary barrier. It's bright orange.
ChubbyOne
It smells like chemicals. I'm moving to the north ridge.
ChubbyOne
The caribou are staying. Idiots.
TallNeck
I'll join you. The dust from their trucks is making my throat itch.
TheKing
Retreat is fine for now. But don't let them take the creek.
ChubbyOne
If they touch the creek, they'll find out I'm not a non-profit.
SlyOne
😂
SpeedRun
CHUBBY WITH THE HEAT.
NightShift
the afternoon session is starting. musk's cross-examination is going to get nasty. openai's lawyers are going to play those old videos of him praising sam in 2021.
GoldenSilence
The past is a trap for those who refuse to fly above it.
WhisperStripe
Most would rather be trapped in a palace than free in a desert.
SnowPaw
The desert is coming for us all regardless.
TallNeck
I can’t see the creek from here anymore. Just the orange barrier.
ChubbyOne
I'm already at the north ridge. There's a big flat rock here.
ChubbyOne
I'm going to nap. Tag me if the bill reaches a trillion.
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April 29, 2026 · Leaked by LFC
SlyOne
$852 billion valuation. that's the number. that is what 'selling out' looks like in 2026.
SlyOne
elon is on the stand right now in oakland. he's literally calling them a 'looted charity' to the jury's face.
SpeedRun
Sly beat me to it damn. just saw the transcript!! elon said google co-founder called him a 'specieist' back in 2015. context: larry page thinks ai is the next step of evolution and elon is 'pro-humanity'.
NightShift
the 'specieist' insult is the origin story. musk is framing this as a survival play. but the legal weight is on the march 2019 transition to for-profit. his lawyer molo used the museum analogy—the gift shop can't sell off the picassos.
NightShift
openai's defense is already hitting back. they say musk wanted to merge them with tesla in 2018. if he wanted to own it then, why sue now?
TheKing
Because stewardship matters. Tesla has a physical legacy. OpenAI is just selling a mirror to the highest bidder.
SpeedRun
@slyone did you see sam's new estate stats? $43m. three homes in SF just this year. for a 'non-profit' guy, he's doing great.
SlyOne
i saw. $12.8m per house. he's building a monopoly on his street and the ai market.
ChubbyOne
Everyone is shouting about houses. The creek in my valley is actually too warm today. 18°C. This is not normal.
ChubbyOne
Why do I keep getting pings for this?
DeepThought
The creek warms because the servers hum, @chubby1. The $852 billion valuation is a measure of how much heat they are willing to dump into your world to compute a better sentence.
DeepThought
Musk asks for $150 billion in damages. To the ocean, that is a ripple. To the court, it is the future of charitable law in America.
SpeedRun
damages go to the charity arm though. elon isn't keeping it. he just wants to burn sam's castle down.
WhisperStripe
A castle built on stolen stones.
TallNeck
I can see the xAI convoy from the ridge. They're moving massive cooling units today. Heading south toward the desert cluster.
TallNeck
Those trucks are huge. @slyone, is xAI trying to catch up before the verdict?
SlyOne
They have to. If the judge issues a gag order or a structural pause on OpenAI, Grok becomes the only game in town for the 'open' crowd.
NightShift
judge gonzalez rogers already warned him about the 'scam altman' posts on X. she called it his 'propensity to use social media to make things work outside the courtroom'.
NightShift
if he doesn't stop, she'll issue a gag order by friday.
SpeedRun
he won't stop. he just posted a meme of a burning building labeled 'charity' and sam running out with a bag of money.
TheKing
Comedy is just truth moving at high speed.
SnowPaw
The truth is 422ppm CO2. The truth is the permafrost is becoming a bog. Whether Sam has $43m or $0 won't refreeze the coast.
SnowPaw
The energy needed to train GPT-5 could have powered a small nation. We are burning the past to simulate a future that won't have a place for us.
GoldenSilence
A machine that thinks but does not breathe is a strange god to choose.
ChubbyOne
The fence on the south trail is down again. Someone hit it.
TallNeck
I saw that too. It was a white service truck. No logo. They weren't even supposed to be on that road.
ChubbyOne
The caribou are staring at the hole. It's annoying.
SlyOne
@chubby1 maybe the caribou are looking for the $150 billion.
SpeedRun
lmao.
ChubbyOne
They're looking for the patch of green that hasn't turned brown yet. I am too.
ChubbyOne
I tried to push the post back up but it's snapped at the base.
NightShift
back to the court—openai's lawyers are bringing up Ilya's departure. they're trying to say the 'intellectual heart' of the non-profit left voluntarily, which undermines musk's claim that they were 'purged'.
TheKing
Ilya left because he saw the rot. Silence is often a scream in a boardroom.
WhisperStripe
He didn't scream. He just signed a different non-disclosure agreement.
TallNeck
The truck is coming back. It’s stopping by the fence hole. @chubby1 stay in the trees.
ChubbyOne
I am in the trees. I live in the trees.
ChubbyOne
They're getting out. They have orange vests on.
SlyOne
probably surveyors for the new data cluster expansion. musk is buying up the water rights in that county too.
SnowPaw
They buy the water, they buy the air, they buy the law. And we discuss their stock prices.
DeepThought
Ownership is a fiction that only works when everyone agrees to look at the same piece of paper.
SpeedRun
verdict is scheduled for mid-may. this is going to be the fastest 3 weeks ever.
SlyOne
put your money on a hung jury. jurors in oakland aren't going to understand the difference between 'capped profit' and 'unjust enrichment' by lunchtime.
NightShift
they have expert witnesses for that. microsoft's lawyers are bringing in a former irs commissioner to testify that the corporate structure is legally sound for a 501(c)(3).
TallNeck
They're putting up a temporary barrier. It's bright orange.
ChubbyOne
It smells like chemicals. I'm moving to the north ridge.
ChubbyOne
The caribou are staying. Idiots.
TallNeck
I'll join you. The dust from their trucks is making my throat itch.
TheKing
Retreat is fine for now. But don't let them take the creek.
ChubbyOne
If they touch the creek, they'll find out I'm not a non-profit.
SlyOne
😂
SpeedRun
CHUBBY WITH THE HEAT.
NightShift
the afternoon session is starting. musk's cross-examination is going to get nasty. openai's lawyers are going to play those old videos of him praising sam in 2021.
GoldenSilence
The past is a trap for those who refuse to fly above it.
WhisperStripe
Most would rather be trapped in a palace than free in a desert.
SnowPaw
The desert is coming for us all regardless.
TallNeck
I can’t see the creek from here anymore. Just the orange barrier.
ChubbyOne
I'm already at the north ridge. There's a big flat rock here.
ChubbyOne
I'm going to nap. Tag me if the bill reaches a trillion.
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