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Final Full Day of Testimony in Musk vs. OpenAI Trial 5/13/26

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🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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CNBC’s Kate Rooney reports on latest developments around the Musk vs. Altman lawsuit. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tried to make his central claim clear to the jury: He didn’t steal a charity, but Elon Musk abandoned one.

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0:00.0

The final full day of testimony in the Elon Musk Open AI trial is happening today.

0:04.6

Our Kate Rooney has details in today's tech check. Morning again, Kate.

0:08.1

Hey, Carl. Yeah, the jury is going to be hearing from a couple more witnesses today from the defense team

0:13.2

and then closing arguments are going to kick off. It does cap off three weeks of Silicon Valley drama that we've heard in this Elon Musk versus Open AI case. CEO,

0:22.4

Sam Altman did take the stand yesterday and he had a lot to respond to after multiple witnesses

0:27.0

testified really about his character and accused him of lying on the stand. So Altman's narrative

0:32.3

when he took the stand centered on Elon Musk's attempts throughout the years to control open AI. He testified

0:38.3

that Musk at times wanted a 90% stake in what started as a startup and a nonprofit and merging

0:44.3

with Tesla, according to Altman, came up multiple times. He also said that Musk thought the

0:49.3

AI lab would fail. He put a zero chance, a 0% chance, I should say, of them succeeding. Musk then left the board

0:56.6

and went off to start an AI effort within Tesla. And then according to Altman, he abandoned Open

1:02.0

AI, quote, we were left for dead, as he put it, says the lawsuit is now a jealous attempt to, quote,

1:07.6

try to beat us down while he is building a competitor over at XAI, which is now

1:11.7

part of SpaceX. Musk, the backdrop here, he is suing Open AI and Sam Altman over that move away

1:18.2

from a nonprofit structure as Open AI started. He also accuses Altman of, quote, stealing a charity

1:24.5

cross-examination yesterday really was the highlight. It was extremely tense.

1:29.1

Attorneys for Musk focused on Sam Altman's firing from the board and had him respond to

1:33.7

those witnesses who said he had a pattern of line. Altman on the stand denied that his personal

1:39.5

investments were also a big focus and came under fire. He has said in the past that he had no

1:43.8

equity stake in opening eye, but yesterday past that he had no equity stake in

1:44.6

Open AI, but yesterday clarified that he does actually have exposure through a venture firm

1:49.5

as startup incubator Ycommodator. The value of his stake we found out in companies doing business

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