OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Elon Musk (right).
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
  • Elon Musk withdrew his lawsuit against OpenAI and two of its cofounders this week. 
  • The Tesla CEO sued the AI startup in March, alleging the company had abandoned its nonprofit mission.
  • Musk cofounded OpenAI along with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in 2015. 

Elon Musk dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and two of its cofounders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, on Tuesday, CNBC reported. 

The Tesla CEO's lawsuit withdrawal comes one day before a judge was set to consider the future of the case during a hearing in San Francisco on Wednesday.