Elon Musk’s companies made up with Apple but OpenAI still on the hook

X Corp and SpaceXAI, Elon Musk's social platform and AI venture, moved to dismiss Apple from their antitrust lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI in a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, leaving OpenAI as the sole remaining defendant. The suit, filed in August 2025, alleged Apple's decision to make ChatGPT the only generative AI chatbot built into iOS gave OpenAI an unfair structural advantage, claiming ChatGPT held roughly 80 percent of the chatbot market while Grok held only a few percent. A federal judge denied Apple's and OpenAI's motions to dismiss in November, sending the case into discovery; the filing does not explain why Apple was dropped or whether a settlement was reached.

Elon Musk https://www.teslarati.com/category/elon-musk/ Elon Musk’s companies made up with Apple but OpenAI still on the hook Elon Musk’s X Corp and SpaceXAI dropped their Apple antitrust suit, leaving OpenAI as defendant. X Corp and SpaceXAI, Elon Musk’s social platform and AI venture, have dropped Apple from the antitrust lawsuit that they filed against the iPhone maker and OpenAI last year. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, attorneys for X and SpaceXAI moved to dismiss the Apple portion of the case, first reported by Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/musks-x-corp-spacexai-resolve-antitrust-lawsuit-against-apple-2026-09-14/ . The filing does not explain why the companies are dropping Apple or say whether a settlement was reached. X and SpaceXAI say they intend to keep pursuing the case against OpenAI, which remains a defendant. That resolves the dispute with one company while leaving the core allegation intact against the other, with no public accounting of what changed in between. The lawsuit dates to August 2025, when xAI and X sued Apple and OpenAI https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-xai-x-antitrust-lawsuit-apple-openai-ai-exclusivity/ , arguing that Apple’s decision to make ChatGPT the only generative AI chatbot built into iOS gave OpenAI an unfair structural advantage. The complaint claimed ChatGPT controlled roughly 80 percent of the chatbot market at the time, while Grok held only a few percent. It sought billions of dollars in damages and asked the court to unwind the arrangement. Elon Musk’s xAI and X file antitrust suit against Apple and OpenAI over AI exclusivity https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-xai-x-antitrust-lawsuit-apple-openai-ai-exclusivity/ The filing followed weeks of Musk publicly complaining that Grok and X weren’t appearing in Apple’s “Must Have” App Store section, though Grok ranked second in the Productivity category and X ranked first in News at the time. He accused Apple of “playing politics” and warned of immediate legal action before following through days later. Apple and OpenAI tried to get the case thrown out, but a federal judge denied both motions in November, ruling the dispute was better suited to summary judgment than an early dismissal. That decision sent the case into discovery, which is presumably what led to Monday’s filing. Hey @Apple https://x.com/Apple?ref src=twsrc%5Etfw App Store, why do you refuse to put either 𝕏 or Grok in your “Must Have” section when 𝕏 is the 1 news app in the world and Grok is 5 among all apps? Are you playing politics? What gives? Inquiring minds want to know. https://t.co/3wenLZGtwG https://t.co/3wenLZGtwG — Elon Musk @elonmusk August 11, 2025 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1955046467993059530?ref src=twsrc%5Etfw The timing is notable given how Musk’s sentiment toward Apple has shifted, with Musk noting that he was open to letting Grok power a revamped Siri https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-open-powering-apples-siri-xai-grok/ after a user suggested Apple replace its aging assistant with xAI’s model. xAI, the AI venture Musk folded into X Corp last year, has since combined with SpaceX under the SpaceXAI brand. That structure now puts X, Grok and SpaceX’s rocket and satellite businesses under one roof as Musk pushes his AI ambitions beyond chatbots. OpenAI remains the sole defendant going forward, and Musk’s companies have not said if there’s any changes to those original claims. Apple and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the filing. Elon Musk https://www.teslarati.com/category/elon-musk/ Tesla gives the Roadster an official “Go for launch” demonstration date Tesla teased an October 1 Roadster reveal, reviving years of delayed SpaceX thruster hover promises. Tesla teased an October 1 event date for its next generation Roadster, posting an image on X Saturday that shows the car lit up like it is sitting on a launch pad, with the date “10.01” stamped across the bottom and the caption “Go for launch.” A countdown clock on Tesla’s Roadster order page now points to the same date, which falls on a Thursday. The company has not said where the event will happen or whether it will be streamed at the moment. Stay with us @Teslarati https://x.com/Teslarati for live updates. Go for launch pic.twitter.com/Khu03eiZ04 https://t.co/Khu03eiZ04 — Tesla @Tesla September 12, 2026 https://x.com/Tesla/status/2098843535730725124?ref src=twsrc%5Etfw Tesla has since sent formal invitations to reservation holders confirming the event will take place in Waco, Texas, about 90 minutes north of its Austin headquarters, based on a digital ticket shared on X by Sawyer Merritt https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2098860288854343720?s=20 . Tesla did not name the exact venue, though Waco sits close to SpaceX’s McGregor, Texas, rocket test site, previously reported as the planned location for a Roadster thruster demonstration. The invite sets the reveal for 8:30 p.m. Eastern on October 1, requires RSVPs by midnight on September 16, and limits entry to guests 21 and older. Invitations are non-transferable. The tease follows nine years of a project defined by unimaginable specs https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-roadster-unveiling-nears-it-will-fly/ along with slipped dates. Musk first showed the second generation Roadster in November 2017 as a surprise reveal at the end of the Tesla Semi event, promising a 0 to 60 mph time under two seconds, a top speed above 250 mph, 620 miles of range from a 200 kWh battery, and production starting in 2020. At last November’s shareholder meeting, Musk set an April 1 demo date and joked the choice gave him “deniability” if it slipped again, which it did, moving first to late April, then to “a month or so,” then to August. Tesla Roadster SpaceX Package’s 1.1-second 0-60 mph launch visualized in concept video https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-roadster-spacex-packages-1-second-0-60-mph-launch-video/ Whatever Tesla shows on October 1 is expected to center on the SpaceX developed thruster package https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-roadster-spacex-packages-1-second-0-60-mph-launch-video/ Musk has described since 2018. Internally code named A71, a nod to the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the system reportedly uses cold gas thrusters fed by a composite overwrapped pressure vessel, the same tank design SpaceX uses on Falcon 9. Musk has said a thruster equipped Roadster could hit 60 mph in about 1.1 seconds under roughly 2.75 g of launch force, well past the 1.9 second figure quoted for the standard car. That version reportedly will not be street legal and has reportedly been discussed as a limited run sold through a track only program. The standard Roadster is still expected to carry the original $200,000 base price and $250,000 Founders Series tier, both set when Tesla opened $50,000 and $250,000 reservations in 2017. Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy has confirmed production will happen at Gigafactory Texas https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-unveils-juicy-new-detail-roadster-hints-new-unveil-timeline/ , with Musk targeting 2027 or 2028, 12 to 18 months after whatever the company demonstrates next month. Elon Musk https://www.teslarati.com/category/elon-musk/ Elon Musk rips ABC News over fatal NYC Tesla crash report Musk pushed back on NYC Tesla crash coverage, pointing to a pattern of premature blame. Elon Musk pushed back overnight against media framing of a fatal Tesla crash in Midtown Manhattan, telling a user on X that “ it wasn’t the car https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2097748648444690667?s=20 ” and that the vehicle’s Autopilot system had nothing to do with the wreck. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. Wednesday, when a 2024 Tesla Model Y struck a sidewalk shed outside 315 Madison Ave., a bus stop pole and a mailbox on East 42nd Street, according to the NYPD https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/woman-killed-suspect-charged-car-crash-manhattan-police-say . The car kept moving several more blocks before stopping near Second Avenue. Both women inside, each 27, were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where the passenger was pronounced dead. The driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter, driving while ability impaired and leaving the scene of an accident. Police have not attributed the crash to Autopilot or Full Self-Driving in any public statement. The charges point to impairment, not software. Musk’s response followed a since-deleted ABC News post that he said mischaracterized the incident. Replying to a user on X, Musk wrote that if Autopilot had been engaged, “they would not have crashed,” and added that “the legacy media will never forgive Tesla for failing to advertise with them,” The legacy media will never forgive Tesla for failing to advertise with them — Elon Musk @elonmusk September 9, 2026 https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2097748795341807889?ref src=twsrc%5Etfw It’s a familiar cycle for Tesla. In June, headlines from several national outlets described a fatal crash in Katy, Texas, as happening while the car was “on autopilot,” based on the driver’s own account to police after his Model 3 struck a home and killed a 76-year-old woman. Tesla’s data told a different story when Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s head of AI, said the driver had pressed the accelerator to 100% and reached 73 mph in a residential zone. Harris County prosecutors later confirmed the human override and the driver was charged with manslaughter https://www.teslarati.com/texas-man-charged-in-fatal-tesla-crash-where-he-blamed-autopilot/ . Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pointed to that same Katy crash last month to argue that outlets routinely name Tesla in crash headlines https://www.teslarati.com/ron-desantis-calls-out-media-bias-tesla-crash-coverage/ while leaving other automakers unnamed, even after a driver’s own actions are shown to be the cause. A similar pattern played out in 2024, when Musk had to clarify that FSD was never even downloaded https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-clarifies-fsd-not-enabled-model-3-fatal-dui-crash/ onto the Model 3 involved in a fatal Colorado DUI crash, despite a passenger’s claim that an “auto drive feature” was in use. Tesla has not issued a separate statement on the Manhattan crash beyond Musk’s posts on X. The NYPD’s investigation is ongoing, and no cause for the driver losing control has been released. Elon Musk https://www.teslarati.com/category/elon-musk/ Tesla primes Cybercabs for 4K streaming and high bandwidth gaming with Starlink integration Tesla is now shipping Cybercabs from Giga Texas with Starlink hardware built in as standard. Tesla’s Cybercabs are now leaving Gigafactory Texas with Starlink hardware on the rear hatch in significant numbers, according to drone footage captured Tuesday by longtime Austin drone observer Joe Tegtmeyer https://x.com/JoeTegtmeyer/status/2097353987745817029?s=20 . Production at the factory ramped back up after the Labor Day weekend, and his flyover of the outbound lot showed rows of gold Cybercabs alongside Model Y Long Wheelbase units, many carrying the satellite module for the first time as standard equipment rather than a one off retrofit. Giga Texas today is busy with production coming back up following the long weekend. Of interest today in the outbound lot is the appearance of hundreds of Mode; YL’s and many more Cybercabs and for the 1st time equipped with the Starlink module one the hatch in big numbers. At… pic.twitter.com/G9yl6s51m4 https://t.co/G9yl6s51m4 — Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎 @JoeTegtmeyer September 8, 2026 https://x.com/JoeTegtmeyer/status/2097353987745817029?ref src=twsrc%5Etfw Tesla first showed Starlink built into an actual Cybercab on August 10, when the Robotaxi account posted images of a single gold unit with the antenna integrated into the roofline above the taillights and called it the first Cybercab with Starlink integration. That followed a July reveal where Tesla and Starlink jointly posted a cutaway diagram https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-reveals-first-model-starlink-integration/ of the antenna placement without a working vehicle to back it up. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s VP of AI software, said at the time that the connection isn’t required for the car to drive itself https://www.teslarati.com/teslas-reason-for-starlink-integration-on-cybercab-might-surprise-you/ . It exists mainly for navigation, customer service and keeping tabs on the fleet. Musk has made a different case in public. During Tesla’s Q2 earnings call, he said the company can’t afford robotaxis stranded in what he called “Bermuda Triangles of lack of cellular connectivity,” and he separately claimed on X that Starlink will eventually reach every Tesla built https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2086555958730182833?ref src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2086555958730182833%7Ctwgr%5Ebec9ac809fe1b36656d1bca8fcb585f92c1a7271%7Ctwcon%5Es1 c10&ref url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techspot.com%2Fnews%2F113429-elon-musk-every-future-tesla-have-starlink-starting.html , calling it the only way to deliver high bandwidth to billions of vehicles. He has also pitched the antenna as an entertainment upgrade, telling riders they would be able to stream 4K video or play games during a trip. The rollout has moved fast since. Robotaxi service opened to the public in Austin on September 3, and Cybercabs had already been spotted with Starlink hardware in Houston https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-starts-testing-starlink-integrated-cybercab-public-roads/ and near Miami International Airport https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybercab-sightings-broaden-well-outside-austin-autonomy-in-focus/ in the weeks before Tuesday’s factory footage showed the module shipping at volume rather than on scattered test units. Whether the satellite link earns its keep is still an open question. Tesla’s unsupervised service currently runs in dense metro geofences in Texas and Florida, markets where cellular coverage is already strong, which is not where the rural dead zones Musk describes tend to show up.