# The jury will be tasked with digging into Musk's grievances against Altman.

*genai · news · 2026-04-26 · POLITICO*

## Key points

- The Musk v. Altman case is revealing rare internal records detailing OpenAI’s early origins and leadership conflicts.
- Court documents show Musk helped select Microsoft, not Amazon, as OpenAI’s preferred partner for early collaboration.
- Greg Brockman considered converting OpenAI’s structure without Musk and acknowledged it could be morally wrong.
- OpenAI has restructured into a public benefit corporation with a nonprofit board, despite Musk’s attempts to prevent this.
- OpenAI has recently diversified funding partnerships beyond Microsoft, including deals with Amazon and other tech companies.

**Companies:** Tesla, SpaceX, Microsoft, OpenAI, xAI
**Countries:** United States

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