She was the interim CEO. He was the newly ousted CEO. And in a stream of text messages spanning two days in November 2023, they had a lot to say to each other.

Newly revealed evidence in the Musk v. Altman trial shows the frantic texts that Mira Murati and Sam Altman shared during his brief ouster as CEO of OpenAI.

The exchange shows Altman desperately pushing to return to the company he helped cofound — as Murati, who is on the phone with board members, throws cold water on his comeback dreams.

"They're convinced about their decision," she tells him. And when Altman asks, "for me to be fired? or some new thing?" she answers, "Yes, for you to be gone."

Here are the best portions of the historic exchange.