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mit tech review · May 19, 2026

Judge bars Musk's OpenAI suit on statute of limitations

A jury unanimously ruled that elon musk sued openai too late, upholding the statute of limitations and blocking his claims against the company.

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A san francisco jury dealt elon musk a major defeat by ruling he waited too long to sue openai, rendering his claims of breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment invalid. judge yvonne gonzalez rogers immediately upheld the advisory verdict, siding with openai's argument that the applicable statutes of limitations expired two to three years ago. musk sought to unwind openai's recent restructuring and remove ceo sam altman and president greg brockman, accusing them of abandoning the company's original nonprofit mission. musk announced on x he will appeal the decision, arguing the court ruled on a procedural technicality rather than the case's merits.

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