Elon Musk spent the better part of three days\u00a0on the witness stand\u00a0this week\u00a0in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0already getting messy. Emails, texts, and\u00a0his own tweets\u00a0are surfacing in court, and there are plenty more witnesses to come. Musk\u2019s argument against OpenAI? By converting the company to a for-profit model, Sam Altman betrayed the \u201cnonprofit for the benefit of humanity\u201d mission Musk signed up to fund. As Musk keeps reminding the courtroom: \u201cYou can\u2019t steal a charity.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
On this episode of TechCrunch\u2019s\u00a0Equity\u00a0podcast, Kirsten Korosec and Sean O\u2019Kane break down what\u2019s actually at stake in the courtroom and what to watch for as Altman and others take the stand, plus deals, defense tech, and what Big Tech\u2019s earnings week revealed about the limits of the AI spending era.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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- The scholarship app founder\u00a0taking Sallie Mae to court\u00a0after they\u00a0acquired\u00a0his startup\u2026and began selling its student data to ad networks and universities\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- BMW i Ventures\u2019\u00a0new $300 million fund\u00a0with its sights set on AI\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- How defense tech startup\u00a0Scout AI is pitching \u201cmilitary AGI\u201d\u00a0using vision-language-action (VLA) models\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- How defense tech startup\u00a0Scout AI is pitching \u201cmilitary AGI\u201d\u00a0using vision-language-action (VLA) models\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- BMW i Ventures\u2019\u00a0new $300 million fund\u00a0with its sights set on AI\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- The scholarship app founder\u00a0taking Sallie Mae to court\u00a0after they\u00a0acquired\u00a0his startup\u2026and began selling its student data to ad networks and universities\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n