X and SpaceXAI move to drop Apple from antitrust lawsuit, keep claims against OpenAI

X and SpaceXAI filed a motion on Tuesday to voluntarily dismiss with prejudice their antitrust claims against Apple while continuing to pursue claims against OpenAI Foundation, OpenAI, L.L.C., and OpenAI OpCo, LLC. The plaintiffs said they "have resolved their claims in this Action against Defendant Apple Inc." and Apple does not oppose the motion, which still requires approval from Judge Mark Pittman. The lawsuit, filed after Elon Musk accused Apple and OpenAI of colluding to suppress rival AI apps in App Store rankings, now proceeds only against the OpenAI entities.

X and SpaceXAI today filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss their claims against Apple in the antitrust lawsuit they brought against the company and OpenAI. Here are the details. Claims against Apple dropped, pending court approval Last year, Elon Musk accused Apple and OpenAI https://9to5mac.com/2025/08/11/elon-musk-accuses-apple-of-favoring-openai-in-app-store-rankings-promises-legal-action/ of colluding to keep competing AI apps from gaining visibility on the App Store. Soon after, X and xAI now, SpaceXAI filed an antitrust lawsuit against both companies, arguing that Apple’s agreement to integrate ChatGPT into Siri and Apple Intelligence gave OpenAI an unfair advantage over rival AI services. Both companies disputed all claims. Since then, the case has moved into discovery, with the parties fighting over access to internal documents and communications. A few months ago, a federal judge ordered Musk to turn over https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/02/court-orders-elon-musk-to-turn-over-tesla-and-spacex-emails-in-apple-openai-lawsuit/ potentially relevant emails from his Tesla and SpaceX accounts after OpenAI argued that he had used those accounts to conduct xAI business. Today, X and SpaceXAI filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss with prejudice their claims against Apple, while keeping their claims against OpenAI. From the filing https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.408471/gov.uscourts.txnd.408471.385.0.pdf : Plaintiffs have resolved their claims in this Action against Defendant Apple Inc. “Apple” . Plaintiffs accordingly move under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41 a 2 to dismiss with prejudice their claims against Apple. Apple does not oppose this Motion. For the avoidance of doubt, Plaintiffs do not seek to dismiss any of their claims against Defendants OpenAl Foundation f/k/a OpenAl, Inc. ; OpenAl, L.L.C.; and OpenAI OpCo, LLC. Since X and SpaceXAI moved to dismiss with prejudice their claims against Apple, this means that X and SpaceXAI don’t intend to bring those same claims against Apple again in the future. It is worth mentioning that the dismissal is not final yet, as Judge Mark Pittman still needs to approve it. As for OpenAI, the case now looks somewhat like a spiritual successor to Musk’s separate lawsuit against the company, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Microsoft, which ended earlier this year. In that case, Musk accused OpenAI of abandoning the nonprofit mission under which it was founded and improperly enriching its executives at his expense. A jury ultimately rejected Musk’s claims in May, finding that they had been filed too late. Worth checking out on Amazon FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More. https://9to5mac.com/about/ affiliate our homepage http://9to5mac.com/ for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on exclusive stories https://9to5mac.com/feature/exclusive/ , reviews https://9to5mac.com/guides/review/ , how-tos https://9to5mac.com/guides/how-to/ , and subscribe to our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/9to5mac