‘Billionaires versus billionaires’: Inside the bizarre scenes of the OpenAI trial

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‘Billionaires versus billionaires’: Inside the bizarre scenes of the OpenAI trial

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The three-week OpenAI trial had numerous markings of its subjects’ wealth, from an inflatable Elon Musk doll to fancy butt cushions. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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‘Billionaires versus billionaires’: Inside the bizarre scenes of the OpenAI trial
NBC News
NBC News
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5/15/2026

‘Billionaires versus billionaires’: Inside the bizarre scenes of the OpenAI trial

OAKLAND, Calif. — Six tech billionaires walk into a courthouse … It’s not the setup to a joke. It’s the extraordinary spectacle that played out at a federal court complex over three weeks, as a mass concentration of tech wealth was put on display in a lawsuit brought by the wealthiest tech baron of them all, Elon.

Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
TechCrunch
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5/17/2026

Why trust is a big question at the Elon Musk-OpenAI trial

Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI made their closing arguments this week, and now it’s up to jurors to decide whether OpenAI did anything wrong as it’s transformed into a slightly-more-for-profit organization. But as Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I noted on the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast , a big.