While the legal battle between Elon Musk and Openai is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2026, the team in Openai has filed a recess that accuses Musk of persistent harassment.
Openai/Musk -Fejden so far
Although the roots of the feud go all the way back to the late 2010s and the early days of Openai, the legal battle between Musk and Openai began officially in February 2024.
That’s when Elon Musk brought his original lawsuit against Openai and claimed that the AI ​​company had been distressed from its basic mission as a nonprofit. While this lawsuit was later withdrawn, Musk filed a revised complaint containing the same core charges in August 2024.
Musk’s legal team also sought a preliminary injunction against Openai, which was intended to temporarily stop its transition to a for-profit model; However, this request was rejected by US district judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who instead planned a jury attempt to begin on March 16, 2026.
In February 2025, an investment consortium led by Musk placed a bid of $ 97.4 billion to buy Openai. The acquisition was quickly rejected by Openai’s Board of Directors.
Openais Countersuit
Openai’s Rousersuit is about Musk’s alleged ongoing harassment of the company. It quotes all the above events as evidence to support its claims.
The counter partly reads: “Through press attacks issued malicious campaigns to Musk’s more than 200 million followers on the social media platform he controls, Musk has a pretext of demand for business registers, harassing legal demands and a shame of Openai’s assets, Musk has tried any tool that is available to have Openai.”
Openai does not deny his intentions of switching to a for-profit model; The company says it is a necessary step that will help them maintain competitiveness in the ever-growing consumer-IA market. However, Openai insists that it remains true to the original goal of developing AI to improve humanity instead of focusing solely on the company’s profits.
According to Openai, the company will end its transition to a pre-profit model by the end of 2025. Failure to do this would cost Openai a significant part of the $ 40 billion that the company secured during its latest fundraising.
If Musk’s lawsuit is successful, it looks like Openai will have to give up its for-profit model hero-a step that could jeopardize the company’s future. Currently, both parties are waiting for the upcoming jury attempt in the spring of 2026.