BBT #16 Snippet | Musk vs. OpenAI

Black Box Theory Podcast · May 21, 2026 · 3m · transcript

This is not a standard business dispute. Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging that OpenAI violated the nonprofit commitments it was built on and that Microsoft benefited from those violations through its multi-billion dollar partnership. The competitive sabotage angle adds a dimension most business trials don't have — the claim that a direct competitor used legal and commercial maneuvering to gain an advantage while publicly claiming a higher mission. But what the trial is also doing, perhaps unintentionally, is pulling back the curtain on the human side of the people running the…