Overview

• xAI and X filed their complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth (No. 4:25‑cv‑00914‑P), accusing Apple and OpenAI of conspiring to restrain competition in AI chatbots.
• The suit targets Apple’s integration of ChatGPT into Siri and Apple Intelligence, alleging a default advantage for OpenAI and the denial of a comparable iOS integration for xAI’s Grok.
• Plaintiffs claim Apple manipulated App Store rankings and delayed Grok app updates, and they argue the integration gives OpenAI access to billions of iPhone‑originating queries that confer an unfair edge.
• xAI and X seek several billion dollars in damages and a court order halting the Apple–OpenAI cooperation, asserting Apple holds 65% of U.S. smartphones and OpenAI 80% of chatbots, figures presented as part of their antitrust theory.
• OpenAI called the lawsuit part of Elon Musk’s ongoing harassment, Apple has reiterated its App Store is designed to be fair, and legal analysts note the case could force courts to define a discrete AI/chatbot market; a separate Musk bid for immediate relief against OpenAI was denied in March.