Elon Musk backs Nate Morris with $10 million
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The tech titans escalated their long-running feud on Tuesday, trading barbs in public posts about the safety of ChatGPT, Grok, and Tesla's Autopilot.
On Friday, Musk filed a notice on remedies sought in the lawsuit, confirming that he’s seeking damages between $79 billion and $134 billion from OpenAI and its largest backer, co-defendant Microsoft.
The world’s richest person added $62 billion to his fortune after private investors more than doubled the valuation of his AI and social media firm to $250 billion.
Around the time the internet was buzzing last month about a 2026 SpaceX IPO (that still may or may not happen), SpaceX also sponsored a secondary sale of stock. SpaceX wanted an $800 billion valuation -- but as The Wall Street Journal pointed out, "there [was] no guarantee SpaceX will reach the $800 billion value it is aiming for."
The "small, elite unit" will report directly to Elon Musk and focus on adding the "absolute best people in the world" to xAI's ranks.
Last week, thousands of pages of evidence from the case were unsealed, including partial 2025 depositions of most of the key players involved, including Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Mira Murati, and Satya Nadella, along with ex-board members Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley — both of whom played key roles in the 2023 firing of Altman.
The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is suing his AI company over deepfake images of her on the internet. Ashley St. Clair filed her lawsuit Thursday in New York.