Overview

• Elon Musk’s companies xAI and X filed a 61-page antitrust complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alleging Apple and OpenAI colluded to restrict AI competition.
• The suit claims an exclusive pact makes ChatGPT the only generative chatbot integrated into Apple’s devices and says App Store ranking and review practices disadvantaged xAI’s Grok.
• Plaintiffs assert Apple controls about 65% of the U.S. smartphone market and OpenAI at least 80% of the chatbot market, and allege ChatGPT gains exclusive access to billions of iPhone user requests.
• The complaint seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief to halt the purported tactics, framing Apple and OpenAI as “two monopolists” securing continued dominance.
• OpenAI dismissed the action as consistent with ongoing harassment and CEO Sam Altman criticized Musk in a post on X, while Apple has not commented; separate reports note other AI apps like DeepSeek and Perplexity have also topped App Store charts.