Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’

Ilya Sutskever testified he helped remove Sam Altman because he feared OpenAI could be harmed without action.

He said OpenAI needed substantial funding and that no special promises were made to Elon Musk.

The testimony cuts to the heart of the dispute over OpenAI’s governance and its shift toward a for-profit structure.

The case also bears on Musk’s claim that OpenAI betrayed its founding commitments.