A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination lawsuit filled with shocking allegations. The company is fighting back, hard.

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A former Chief of Staff at SandboxAQ filed a wrongful termination lawsuit alleging CEO Jack Hidary misused company resources for personal purposes and presented misleading financial information to investors. The AI quantum computing startup, spun out from Google and backed by billionaire investors including Eric Schmidt and Marc Benioff, strongly denies all allegations, calling the lawsuit extortion and claiming the former employee is a serial liar. The case follows a July investigative report raising similar concerns about lavish spending and weak revenue growth, though the company successfully raised over $450 million in Series E funding in April 2025.

Google moonshot spinout SandboxAQ claims an ex-exec is attempting ‘extortion’