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Malcolm Sharpe's avatar

> A donor can’t sue simply because a non-profit used money differently than he expected. To gain standing, a donor needs to have a legally binding commitment from the non-profit promising to use money in a specific way.

This was clarifying. I do think that Musk has reason to be upset, since, if OpenAI had been structured as an ordinary startup, the amount of early funding he put in would have given him a stake that would be worth billions of dollars today. But that seems not to be legally actionable.

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ralph's avatar

Looks like the trail will proceed:

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-open-ai-lawsuit/

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