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Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 19, 2026 at 10:44 AM CDT

Elon Musk is promising to appeal after he lost his $150 billion lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI, which Musk helped to create more than a decade ago. A jury decided that Musk didn’t file the lawsuit soon enough.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with technology writer and podcaster Kara Swisher.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Here & Now Newsroom