Microsoft’s CTO testifies about email at the heart of Elon Musk’s allegations against the tech giant

Kevin Scott, Microsoft CTO, in Redmond in May 2025. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott took the stand Wednesday and, for the first time, publicly addressed the internal email that Elon Musk’s lawyers have cited to support allegations that Microsoft knew OpenAI was abandoning its nonprofit mission before investing billions in the company. That email , sent by Scott on March 7, 2018, read in part, “I wonder if the big OpenAI donors are aware of these plans?