{"id":416783,"date":"2026-01-18T05:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/416783\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:32:09","slug":"openai-cofounders-journal-seemingly-outlines-plot-with-altman-to-oust-musk-to-establish-a-for-profit-biz-this-is-the-only-chance-we-have-to-get-out-from-elon-brockman-wro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/416783\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI cofounder’s journal seemingly outlines plot with Altman to oust Musk to establish a for-profit biz \u2014 \u2018This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon,\u2019 Brockman wrote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Court files from Elon Musk\u2019s lawsuit against OpenAI revealed that Greg Brockman, one of its co-founders, wanted to get the company out from the Tesla founder since 2017. According to a document from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, posted on X<\/a>, case discovery revealed that Brockman didn\u2019t just want to remove Musk from OpenAI, but also tried to convert it into a for-profit company without him. In a publicly-posted rebuttal of some aspects of the journal,<\/a> OpenAI has acknowledged that the journal is real. However, the firm’s comments don’t address the following excerpts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the only chance we have to get out from Elon. Is he the \u2018glorious leader\u2019 that I would pick? We truly have a chance to make this happen. Financially, what would take me to $1B?\u201d Brockman wrote in his personal files revealed during the lawsuit. \u201cAccepting Elon\u2019s terms nukes two things: our ability to choose (though maybe we could overrule him) and the economics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In another extract, Brockman wrote, “can’t see us turning this into a for-profit without a very nasty fight. i’m just thinking about the office and we’re in the office. and his story will correctly be that we weren’t honest with him in the end about still wanting to do the for profit just without him.”<\/p>\n

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Expand the above tweet to see the court documents. The supposed revelation appears in documents related to Musk\u2019s lawsuit seeking to stop OpenAI\u2019s move to become a for-profit company<\/a>. Elon Musk first sued OpenAI in early 2024 in a California state court, alleging that its plan to become a for-profit entity breaches its founding agreement<\/a>. However, he dropped the case one day before hearings were supposed to start<\/a>, only to refile the case a few months later \u2014 but this time at a federal court.<\/p>\n

Relations between the two camps have been testy ever since the OpenAI founders wanted to make the firm for-profit. This has gotten to the point that when Altman called out Tesla for not being contactable via its reservations@tesla.com email address on X, Musk replied with, \u201cYou stole a non-profit.\u201d<\/a> Naturally, we will have to wait for court proceedings and the jury\u2019s decision to determine if this is true.<\/p>\n

According to the court files, \u201cBrockman wrote after the meeting [with Musk to reaffirm OpenAI\u2019s commitment to the non-profit structure] that the \u2018conclusion is we truly want the b-corp. Honestly, we also want to get back to work, but it\u2019s super clear how we get there.\u2019 He also continued, \u2018cannot say that we are committed to the non-profit, don\u2019t want to say that we\u2019re committed, if, three months later, we\u2019re doing B-Corp, then it was a lie.\u201d The document also revealed that Brockman did not like the situation and the \u201cthe true answer is that we want [Musk] out.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the way things are shaping up, this case seems set to be an epic court fight between two AI tech bros, with billions of dollars at stake. Elon Musk is reportedly seeking damages ranging from $79 billion to $134 billion, as well as an unspecified punitive penalty.<\/p>\n

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