Overview

• xAI and X filed a 61-page antitrust complaint in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, seeking billions in damages and a permanent injunction against Apple and OpenAI.
• The suit alleges Apple made ChatGPT the only generative AI chatbot integrated into iOS and used App Store rankings and review delays to disadvantage rivals such as xAI’s Grok.
• The plaintiffs cite Apple’s U.S. smartphone share near 65% and OpenAI’s dominant chatbot usage to argue market foreclosure, and they demand a jury trial.
• OpenAI called the case part of Elon Musk’s “ongoing pattern of harassment,” and Apple reiterated that its App Store is fair without offering a detailed response.
• The action escalates a broader legal feud involving separate Musk–OpenAI litigation and discovery moves, including a subpoena to Meta over Musk’s reported $97 billion OpenAI bid, while raising novel questions about how courts define AI markets and platform power.