Elon Musk in Oakland federal court. Getty Images “We all agreed we’d create a for-profit,” Brockman replied. “There was a fork in the road – we either accept Elon’s terms or compete against him.” The pair clashed during numerous exchanges, with Molo repeatedly shooting back, “That’s not my question.” The testy exchanges at one point led US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to step in calling Molo’s questioning “argumentative.” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman watched intently inside the courtroom and the pair shared a brief and serious glance as Brockman left the courtroom during one break from proceedings. The fireworks came the morning after a new court filing revealed that Musk pressured OpenAI leaders to cut a deal on the eve of the high-profile court battle – warning cofounder Greg Brockman that he and Sam Altman were about to become the “the most hated men in America.” Musk, who alleges that OpenAI violated its non-profit mission in a multibillion-dollar lawsuit, texted Brockman two days before the trial began to “gauge interest in settlement,” OpenAI’s attorneys stated in the filing.