Court Exhibit·13 DEC 2024
Zuckerberg Tells Musk Meta Backed His OpenAI Lawsuit
A brief December 2024 exchange reveals that Meta quietly aligned itself with Musk's legal challenge to OpenAI's nonprofit conversion, and that Zuckerberg moved immediately to manage the relationship directly.
Source document — Musk v. Altman (OpenAI) — Exhibit 3 · Musk v. Altman (OpenAI) · 4:24-cv-04722 (CAND), Doc. 454-4, filed 2026-03-27 (page 1)
Excerpt · In Mark Zuckerberg & Elon Musk's own words
MZ (4:09 PM): Quick heads up that Meta sent a letter to the California AG supporting your lawsuit against OpenAI. Someone (not us) leaked the letter and it will be public in the next hour. Wanted to make sure you heard this from me.
EM (4:20 PM): Ok
MZ (6:24 PM): I have an idea to run by you. Not urgent, but let me know if there's a good time to call in the next few days.
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How this surfaced
- Source type
- Court Exhibit
- Case / record
- Musk v. Altman (OpenAI)
- Citation
- 4:24-cv-04722 (CAND), Doc. 454-4, filed 2026-03-27
- Date authored
- December 13, 2024
- License
- Public domain
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