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Fireship’s Code Report covers the closing arguments of the Musk v. Altman federal lawsuit in Oakland, a $134 billion case in which Elon Musk alleges that Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Microsoft transformed OpenAI from a nonprofit charitable trust into a closed-source commercial entity for personal enrichment. The video draws on evidence entered during discovery — including private emails, texts, and executive testimony — to reconstruct the decade-long history between Musk and OpenAI’s founders.
Key revelations covered include a 2017 meeting at Musk’s San Francisco mansion where he sought majority control and the CEO role, Siobhan Zillis’s dual role as both an OpenAI board member and the mother of four of Musk’s children, and Ilya Sutskever’s memo accusing Altman of a consistent pattern of dishonesty before the infamous four-day firing in November 2023. Mira Murati’s role in that episode — including her now-famous ‘directionally, very bad’ text — is also detailed.
The video closes with an analysis of likely outcomes: Polymarket gives Musk a 32% win probability, and the creator argues it may be even lower given that the presiding judge is Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. With Musk absent from closing arguments (he was on Air Force One with President Trump en route to Beijing), the case’s resolution will hinge on judicial rather than jury findings, as the jury in this case is advisory only.
📺 Source: Fireship · Published May 15, 2026
🏷️ Format: News Analysis
