Reuters reported the trial record includes internal papers and personal writings used to argue over whether OpenAI drifted from its original nonprofit purpose into a profit-first enterprise. Jury selection is set for Monday, with opening statements expected on Tuesday.

Musk’s requested remedies go beyond money, targeting OpenAI’s chain of command and governance structure. His filing asks a judge to remove Sam Altman from the OpenAI nonprofit board and to push both Altman and Brockman out of officer roles at the for-profit entity.

The damages claim is also enormous, with one figure cited at $150 billion that would flow to OpenAI’s charitable arm rather than to Musk personally. Earlier court papers described a separate ceiling of up to $134 billion.

Internal material has entered public view, including a 2017 diary entry from Brockman that reads: “This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon,” and, later, “Is he the ‘glorious leader’ that I would pick?” Reuters said the disclosures offer a granular look at how AI executives thought about control, incentives, and strategy as OpenAI scaled.

OpenAI’s attorneys say Musk is using the lawsuit to gain leverage and to bolster his rival lab, xAI, rather than to protect a mission statement. OpenAI called the case “nothing more than a harassment campaign that’s driven by ego, jealousy and a desire to slow down a competitor.”

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