Closing arguments in the Musk v. Altman trial wrapped today, and it was not a good day for Elon Musk's legal team. His attorney, Steven Molo, stumbled through his address, at one point mistakenly calling co-defendant Greg Brockman 'Greg Altman.' He incorrectly told the court that Musk was not seeking monetary damages, a claim the judge had to correct on the spot. The overall presentation was thin on legal substance and heavy on character attacks, with Molo suggesting multiple witnesses had lied but offering little to back that up.
OpenAI's attorney, Sarah Eddy, took a different approach entirely. She walked the court through the company's evidence in plain chronological order. No theatrics. Just the facts, laid out in sequence. After weeks of testimony, the contrast between the two closing statements was hard to ignore.
The trial has drawn intense scrutiny given the high-profile nature of the dispute between two of the most prominent figures in AI. Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI who later departed, has accused the company and Sam Altman of betraying the nonprofit mission on which it was founded. OpenAI has pushed back hard, and today's closing arguments may have given the clearest picture yet of where each side actually stands heading into a verdict.
