Musk’s X Corp and xAI Walk Away From Massive Apple Lawsuit

According to court documents filed in a Texas federal court on September 14, 2026, Elon Musk’s X Corp and xAI have agreed to resolve their high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Apple, Reuters is reporting.

However, the legal truce is strictly limited to Cupertino. While Apple gets a free pass out of the courtroom, Musk’s legal team made it clear that they are keeping their foot on the gas against co-defendant OpenAI.

The lawsuit, originally brought against both tech giants last year, claimed Apple violated federal antitrust laws by giving Sam Altman’s company preferential access across iOS. Musk’s legal team argued that deep integration of ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence created an unfair advantage that effectively locked rival AI platforms out of the market.

At the center of the complaint was the assertion that Apple used its dominant position in the smartphone market to steer hundreds of millions of users toward a single generative AI provider. Musk’s companies argued that by baking ChatGPT directly into Siri and system-level features on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Apple was engaging in anticompetitive behavior that squashed competition from alternative AI services, including xAI’s Grok.

The lawsuit alleged that this exclusive arrangement effectively choked off distribution opportunities for competing models, making it far harder for independent platforms to gain traction without paying hefty ecosystem fees or agreeing to unfavorable terms.

The official court filings in Texas provided very little detail regarding what happened behind closed doors. The paperwork filed by X Corp and xAI did not specify whether financial compensation was exchanged, nor did it disclose whether Apple agreed to operational concessions regarding how rival AI models are treated on iOS.