--- title: Elon Musk Names Microsoft and Others in Amended OpenAI... description: Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against OpenAI, now including federal antitrust claims and naming Microsoft, among others, as defendants. He alleges that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-names-microsoft-and-others-in-amended-openai-lawsuit-svjzsrdva twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Elon Musk Names Microsoft and Others in Amended OpenAI Lawsuit | daily.dev og:description: Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against OpenAI, now including federal antitrust claims and naming Microsoft, among others, as defendants. He alleges that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-names-microsoft-and-others-in-amended-openai-lawsuit-svjzsrdva og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sVJzSRdvA.png og:image:alt: Elon Musk Names Microsoft and Others in Amended OpenAI Lawsuit og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Elon Musk Names Microsoft and Others in Amended OpenAI Lawsuit **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 2 min read · 5 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against OpenAI, now including federal antitrust claims and naming Microsoft, among others, as defendants. He alleges that Microsoft's significant investments and exclusive rights in OpenAI result in monopolistic behaviors, harming market competition. The lawsuit also accuses OpenAI of deviating from its original mission as a tax-exempt charity. The lawsuit seeks to nullify OpenAI's commercial license with Microsoft and aims to divest perceived ill-gotten gains. ## Content Elon Musk has escalated his legal battle against OpenAI by amending his lawsuit to include federal antitrust claims and naming Microsoft, venture capitalist Reid Hoffman, and others as defendants. Musk alleges that Microsoft's involvement with OpenAI constitutes anti-competitive practices aimed at monopolizing the generative AI market. This follows a series of lawsuits Musk has filed against OpenAI, contending breaches of contract and antitrust laws. The latest complaint states that Microsoft's significant investments and exclusive commercial licensing rights in OpenAI have led to monopolistic behaviors, which Musk argues are harmful to market competition and other companies, including his own AI venture, xAI. The lawsuit also accuses OpenAI of violating its original mission as a tax-exempt charity by transforming into a for-profit entity, which Musk asserts breaches legal principles governing economic activities. Additionally, the lawsuit highlights potentially illicit board activities and undue influence by Microsoft over OpenAI. Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft VP Dee Templeton, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are among the named defendants. OpenAI, however, has dismissed the lawsuit as baseless. Revelations from internal communications have provided more context to the allegations, showcasing Musk’s early concerns about control and the existential threats posed by artificial general intelligence (AGI). The lawsuit seeks to void OpenAI's commercial license with Microsoft and aims for divestiture of what Musk perceives as ill-gotten gains from these alleged anti-competitive practices. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-names-microsoft-and-others-in-amended-openai-lawsuit-svjzsrdva) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Elon Musk Names Microsoft and Others in Amended OpenAI Lawsuit","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-names-microsoft-and-others-in-amended-openai-lawsuit-svjzsrdva","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-names-microsoft-and-others-in-amended-openai-lawsuit-svjzsrdva"},"datePublished":"2024-11-15T16:28:22.799Z","dateModified":"2024-11-16T06:03:18.715Z","description":"Elon Musk has expanded his lawsuit against OpenAI, now including federal antitrust claims and naming Microsoft, among others, as defendants. 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