Elon Musk lands in San Jose the week the OpenAI trial jury begins deliberations

Elon Musk flew from Hawthorne, California, to San Jose on May 15, a 48-minute hop in his new Gulfstream G800, tail N8628. The short trip from the Los Angeles basin to Silicon Valley comes at a pivotal moment in the largest civil trial of his career.

The same week the jury in Musk v. Altman begins deliberations in Oakland, per [thenextweb.com](https://thenextweb.com/news/musk-openai-closing-arguments-jury-deliberations). Closing arguments concluded Thursday without Musk in the courtroom; his attorney apologized to the jury, explaining Musk was in Beijing accompanying President Donald Trump on a state visit, as [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/musk-lawyer-trial-jury-china-trip-openai-altman.html) reported. The nine-person jury received final instructions and will decide whether OpenAI's restructuring breached a charitable trust, with Musk seeking up to $134 billion in disgorgement.

The flight continues a pattern of heavy travel during the trial. Musk's fleet logged trips from Austin to Seattle, Denver, and New York in the days before closing arguments, and the G800 itself flew from Beijing to Hawthorne on May 14 before this final leg to San Jose, placing him near the Oakland courthouse as the jury's work begins.