Elon Musk’s Xai Sues Apple And Openai, Alleging Anticompetitive Collusion

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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman complete 'betrayal' of non-profit AI mission

10:30 AM PDT · August 25, 2025

Elon Musk’s X and xAI revenge a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI connected Monday, alleging that nan 2 companies are colluding to stifle competition.

“In a hopeless bid to protect its smartphone monopoly, Apple has joined forces pinch nan institution that astir benefits from inhibiting title and invention successful AI: OpenAI, a monopolist successful nan marketplace for generative AI chatbots,” nan suit reads, referring to Apple’s partnership pinch OpenAI to merge ChatGPT into its systems.

This suit is portion of a agelong bid of disputes betwixt Musk and Altman, who proceed to propulsion nationalist jabs astatine 1 another. Once a co-founder and co-chair of OpenAI, Musk has sued to block OpenAI’s modulation into a for-profit company. He besides submitted an unsolicited bid to return complete OpenAI for $97.4 billion, which nan institution rejected.

This is simply a singular declare fixed what I person heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to use himself and his ain companies and harm his competitors and group he doesn't like. https://t.co/HlgzO4c2iC

— Sam Altman (@sama) August 12, 2025

Musk posted anticompetitive allegations against OpenAI and Apple connected X earlier this month, claiming that it’s “impossible for immoderate AI institution too OpenAI to scope #1 successful nan App Store.”

The business betwixt Apple and OpenAI was announced past June, pinch collaborative features expected to vessel successful December.

OpenAI and Apple did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

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