Overview

• xAI filed a federal lawsuit alleging Apple and OpenAI conspired to preserve market dominance and steered users away from Grok and X through App Store treatment.
• The complaint claims Grok was ranked lower than rival AI apps in the App Store, which xAI says hindered adoption and model improvement.
• The suit seeks monetary damages and an injunction to halt Apple’s current cooperation with OpenAI.
• xAI characterizes Apple as holding about 65% of the U.S. smartphone market and OpenAI roughly 80% of the chatbot market, presenting these figures to support its case.
• Apple previously said the App Store is designed to be fair and did not immediately issue a new response to the filing.