{"slug": "elon-musk-s-companies-ordered-to-explain-why-they-dropped-antitrust-claims-apple", "title": "Elon Musk's companies ordered to explain why they dropped antitrust claims against Apple", "summary": "US District Judge Mark Pittman ordered X Corp and SpaceXAI on Wednesday to produce for his review any agreements with Apple related to their decision to voluntarily dismiss antitrust claims against Apple, POLITICO reported. The dismissal motion, filed Tuesday without explanation, said the Musk-owned companies will continue pursuing antitrust claims against OpenAI, which had moved to compel X to disclose information about its resolution with Apple. The original lawsuit alleged Apple and OpenAI are \"two monopolists joining forces to ensure their continued dominance\" in the AI market, citing an exclusive 2024 deal to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into the iPhone.", "body_md": "The federal judge overseeing an [antitrust case by Elon Musk](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-lawsuit-apple-openai-app-store-grok-2025-8)'s companies against Apple and OpenAI is demanding to see any settlement agreements that may have led X Corp and SpaceXAI on Tuesday to [drop their claims](https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/09/14/xai-apple-antitrust) against Apple, POLITICO reported.\n\n[Judge Mark Pittman](https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-court-blocking-student-loan-debt-cancellation-transfers-case-biden-2023-4), a conservative Trump appointee based in Fort Worth, Texas, [ordered the Musk-owned businesses](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.408471/gov.uscourts.txnd.408471.392.0.pdf) on Wednesday to produce for his review any agreements with Apple related to the decision to dismiss its claims against the company.\n\nPittman's ruling comes after OpenAI moved to compel X to disclose information about its resolution with Apple in the dispute over dominance of the potentially trillion-dollar artificial intelligence market.\n\nThe motion to voluntarily dismiss the claims was filed without any explanation, and noted that X and SpaceXAI will continue to pursue antitrust claims against OpenAI.\n\nThe lawsuit alleges that Apple and OpenAI are \"two monopolists joining forces to ensure their continued dominance\" in the AI market, including via alleged manipulation of Apple's app store rankings.\n\nThe complaint also points to an exclusive 2024 deal to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into Apple's popular iPhone. [Apple has reportedly signed a new agreement](https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-google-gemini-to-power-siri-ai-capabilities-2026-1) this year to integrate Google's AI services into its products.\n\n*This story originally appeared* __on POLITICO__*and is courtesy of the Axel Springer Global Reporters Network, which harnesses the resources of the company's newsrooms to publish ambitious scoops, investigations, interviews, opinion pieces, and analysis. It allows journalists — including those from POLITICO, Business Insider, WELT, BILD, Onet, and Fakt — to collaborate on major stories for an international audience of hundreds of millions across platforms.*", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musk-s-companies-ordered-to-explain-why-they-dropped-antitrust-claims-apple", "canonical_source": "https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-companies-ordered-explain-dropped-apple-antitrust-claims-2026-09", "published_at": "2026-09-16 20:52:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 21:25:54.377871+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Elon Musk", "X Corp", "SpaceXAI", "Apple", "OpenAI", "Mark Pittman", "ChatGPT", "POLITICO"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musk-s-companies-ordered-to-explain-why-they-dropped-antitrust-claims-apple", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musk-s-companies-ordered-to-explain-why-they-dropped-antitrust-claims-apple.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musk-s-companies-ordered-to-explain-why-they-dropped-antitrust-claims-apple.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/elon-musk-s-companies-ordered-to-explain-why-they-dropped-antitrust-claims-apple.jsonld"}}