Fordel StudiosMusk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune
What Happened
Musk's legal team argues he should be compensated as an early startup investor who sees returns "many orders of magnitude greater" than his initial investment.
Our Take
Theater with no legs. He agreed to the terms, then got salty because xAI won't keep pace with OpenAI's trajectory. The "many orders of magnitude" returns argument is cope from a $700B guy.
This gets dismissed in discovery. Elon signed paperwork. Courts don't rewrite startup deals because early investors regret they didn't explode fast enough. Suit costs $50M and eats time he needs for xAI.
Real story: he's realizing too late that backing OpenAI *before it was obvious* would've been his best AI play ever. Building from behind sucks.
What To Do
Skip this lawsuit—time spent following it is better spent shipping something.
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