Elon takes the stand, Big Tech drops big numbers, and a Seattle VC gets in on a billion-dollar deal
The trial has drawn intense public interest as Altman appears daily and Musk takes the witness stand while Microsoft and Amazon post blockbuster earnings.
- Entering its second week, the high-stakes legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman continues in an Oakland federal courtroom, drawing intense public interest as the trial pits two of tech's most powerful titans against each other.
- Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft, a confrontation overseen by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that has forced the tech titans into a high-profile legal showdown.
- Daily court sessions start at 8:30 am sharp and conclude by 2 pm under Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' schedule, with Sam Altman attending every day this week while Elon Musk appeared as the trial's first witness.
- Microsoft and OpenAI restructured their partnership the same morning the trial began, and less than 24 hours later, OpenAI's models landed on Amazon's cloud as the two companies combined for nearly $400 billion in capital spending this year.
- Brockman is considered a key witness in the case, particularly regarding journal entries from before Musk left the company in 2018, though it remains unclear if Sam Altman will testify again next week.
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The first week in Elon Musk and Sam Altman's federal civil trial has wrapped. BI's Katherine Li shares what week one was like.
Getty ImagesThis post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter.You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here.Big Tech's titans go toe-to-toeThe high-stakes legal battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is entering its second week in the courtroom.My colleague Katherine Li has been on the scene in San Francisco, chronicling the ins and outs of a trial that is pitting two of the most powerful tech titans against each other.I s…
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Elon takes the stand, Big Tech drops big numbers, and a Seattle VC gets in on a billion-dollar deal
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: What it was like inside the Oakland federal courthouse where Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, Sam Altman, and Microsoft, with jury selection revealing just how hard it is to find anyone neutral about Musk these days. Meanwhile, Microsoft and OpenAI restructured their partnership the same morning the trial began — and less than 24 hours later, OpenAI’s models landed on Amazon’s cloud. Then, Microsoft and Amazon both d…
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