# Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s cofounder and president, testified in federal court during the trial for Musk v. Altman on Tuesday.

*genai · news · 2026-05-05 · WIRED*

## Key points

- Elon Musk demanded sole control over OpenAI's for-profit arm, which cofounders refused.
- Musk threatened to cut funding unless Brockman and Sutskever resigned, then later reconsidered.
- Shivon Zilis acted as an intermediary between Musk and OpenAI, later joining the board.
- Several board members wanted to remove Zilis after her children with Musk were revealed.
- Brockman supported removing board members Adam D’Angelo and Helen Toner over potential conflicts.

**Companies:** Tesla, OpenAI
**Countries:** United States

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