Sam Altman’s OpenAI moves court to expose Meta-Musk collusion in…, alleges Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are…
OpenAI has reached a US court to force Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to provide evidence of any coordination with Elon Musk and xAI. Scroll down for more details.
Washington DC: In a significant development from the technology battle field of United States, Sam Altman’s OpenAI has asked a US court to compel Meta to provide evidence of any coordination with Elon Musk and xAI regarding a $97 billion takeover bid. In the recent development, OpenAI’s lawyers have claimed that world’s richest man, Elon Musk had communicated with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about financing arrangements and sought depositions after Meta opposed an earlier subpoena. Here are all the details you need to know about the recent case between Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman.
What’s in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI?
A TechCrunch report revealed that in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, a brief showed OpenAI’s lawyers had subpoenaed Meta in June for documents on its possible role in Musk’s $97 billion takeover bid, which OpenAI rejected in February 2025.
OpenAI’s lawyers claimed that Musk communicated with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding xAI’s bid to acquire OpenAI, including discussions on potential financing arrangements or investments.
AI company OpenAI has urged a US court to force tech giant Meta into sharing evidence of any coordinated plans with Elon Musk and xAI regarding the acquisition or investment in the ChatGPT-maker.
Story highlights:
- OpenAI moves court to expose Meta-Musk collution.
- OpenAI has urged the court to force Meta into sharing evidence of any coordinated plans with Elon Musk.
- OpenAI’s lawyers have claimed that Elon Musk had communicated with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about financing arrangements.
What has Open AI and Meta said on the case?
“Plaintiffs have sought to explain the absence of bid-related documents by representing that their communications were primarily oral. If that is true, then the need for depositions – of Musk, an xAI representative, and other co-bidders – is even more acute,” the lawyers for OpenAI and Meta said while claiming that OpenAI’s “expansive discovery” was irrelevant to the current phase of the trial.
(With inputs from agencies)
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