We've just updated our exhaustive list of all the Musk v. Altman exhibits that h

The lawsuit between Elon Musk and Sam Altman has been generating legal paperwork at a rate that would exhaust a small law firm, and The Verge has now compiled and updated an exhaustive catalogue of the exhibits made public so far — pulling out the key takeaways from each one. The case, which centres on Musk's claim that OpenAI betrayed its founding nonprofit mission when it deepened its relationship with Microsoft and restructured toward a for-profit model, has been slowly releasing internal documents that give outsiders their closest look yet at what was actually said, promised, and agreed upon in OpenAI's early years. As of April 30th, that exhibit list has grown enough to warrant a fresh update. The documents apparently include communications between Musk, Altman, and other founders that speak to the original intent of the organisation — evidence that both sides are, predictably, interpreting in opposite directions.

If confirmed, here is what this means. The steady release of these exhibits is doing something a press release or earnings call never could: it is letting the public read the private language of how one of the most consequential technology organisations in history was actually conceived. Every document that enters the public record reshapes the reputational landscape for both men. For Altman, the risk is that internal communications reveal a gap between OpenAI's public mission framing and the commercial logic that quietly took hold. For Musk, the risk is documents that show his departure from the board had less to do with principle and more to do with control. The deeper strategic effect is on the broader AI governance conversation — courts, regulators, and investors are all watching a lawsuit that may end up defining what a nonprofit AI lab actually owes the public.

Watch for the next batch of exhibits to be unsealed, and whether any communications directly address the Microsoft investment terms — that is the document that would most sharply change the narrative for one side or the other.

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