Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAI, testified in the Musk v. OpenAI lawsuit, revealing a 52-page memo detailing efforts to remove Sam Altman. Sutskever spent a year gathering evidence of Altman's alleged "persistent dishonesty" and inciting executive infighting. He described Altman's November 2023 removal as a "desperate gamble" but defended OpenAI's transition to a for-profit model as a team consensus. Sutskever disclosed his current stake in OpenAI is valued at $7 billion and confirmed a merger proposal with Anthropic during Altman's brief removal, though he showed little enthusiasm for it. He left OpenAI in 2024 to start Safe Superintelligence. The case is nearing its conclusion, with closing arguments set for Thursday and Altman's testimony expected on Tuesday.