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Musk v. Altman is just getting started

2:22 AM IST · May 2, 2026

Loading the player… Elon Musk spent the better part of three dayson the witness stand this weekin his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Emails, texts, andhis own tweetsare surfacing in court, and there are plenty more witnesses to come. Musk’s argument against OpenAI? By converting the company to a for-profit model, Sam Altman betrayed the “nonprofit for the benefit of humanity” mission Musk signed up to fund. As Musk keeps reminding the courtroom: “You can’t steal a charity.” Watch as this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast discusses what’s actually at stake in the courtroom and what to watch for as Altman and others take the stand, plus deals, defense tech, and what Big Tech’s earnings week revealed about the limits of the AI spending era. Subscribe to Equity onYouTube,Apple Podcasts,Overcast,Spotifyand all the casts. You also can follow Equity onXandThreads, at @EquityPod.