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Satya Nadella to testify in Musk lawsuit over OpenAI funding and profit shift emails
Technology
Published on 11 May 2026
Emails suggest Microsoft paid only after profit looked likely
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is set to testify Monday in Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI. The case hinges on newly disclosed Microsoft emails from January 2018, which Musk argues track how funding coincided with OpenAI’s move from a philanthropic model to a for-profit AI power. Nadella is expected to argue Microsoft only supported the shift once profitability became plausible.
- Nadella is scheduled to testify Monday in Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit
- New emails from January 2018 are central to the dispute
- Musk alleges funding lined up with OpenAI’s move to for-profit
- Nadella is expected to argue Microsoft acted once profits looked possible
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