Check out more newsletters The defendants have sought to show in court that Musk was included in and supported discussions for a for-profit venture and that Musk’s suit amounts to “sour grapes.” Brockman got grilled by Musk’s lawyer on Monday over embarrassing diary entries. “Financially what will take me to $1B?” Brockman wrote in the digital journal in 2017, referring to the idea of converting OpenAI to a for-profit entity. “We’ve been thinking that maybe we should just flip to a for profit,” Brockman allegedly wrote. “Making the money for us sounds great and all.” Brockman, at times visibly tense and uncomfortable on Monday, repeatedly insisted that his push to shift OpenAI to a for-profit entity was always meant to serve the mission and that any personal financial motivations were secondary. “Solving for the mission has always been my primary motivation,” Brockman said. “It remains so today.” Filed under