politics
May 4, 2026
Is sending stuff to Sam Teller and Shivon Zilis the same as sending it to Musk?
Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI
TL;DR
- The central question concerns Brockman's disclosure of Cerebras ownership during OpenAI's merger talks.
- Brockman informed Teller and Zilis, who were in theory Musk's chiefs of staff.
- Brockman did not inform Musk directly.
- The argument is being pushed that delegating information is common practice among executives.