“We believe the claims in this suit may stem from Elon’s regrets about not being involved with the company today,” wrote OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon in an internal memo on Friday that was viewed by CNBC.
The next year, Musk gave nearly $20 million to OpenAI, which the attorneys reiterated was more than other backers.
"We did not think either approach was right for the mission," Kwon wrote.
Regarding OpenAI's transformation from an "open source foundation" to a multibillion-dollar for-profit company, Musk said, "I don't know, is this legal?"
— CNBC's Lora Kolodny and Hayden Field contributed to this reportWATCH: Elon Musk lawsuit against OpenAI and Altman began a year ago
Persons:
Elon Musk, Tesla, ”, Jason Kwon, Sam Altman, OpenAI, Altman, Musk, Greg Brockman, Kwon, they've, Andrej Karpathy, Karpathy, didn't, — CNBC's Lora Kolodny, Hayden Field, Elon
Organizations:
CNBC, Elon, Microsoft, Tesla, The New York Times, OpenAI
Locations:
OpenAI