Elon Musk's X Corp. and Xai filed a federal antitrust law against Apple and Openai on Monday, claiming that the Tech Giants had joined an exclusive arrangement blocking competitors from iPhone AI integration while solidifying biased control in the Chatbot market.
ComplaintIt seeks “billions” in damages and court orders to end what was filed in the Northern District of Texas and calls for “billions” in order to end what was calling an anti-competitive plot between “two monopolies who are working together to ensure their continued control.”
The lawsuit covers Apple's June 2024 decision Make ChatGpt an exclusive AI chatbot It is integrated into iOS.
ChatGpt controls “at least 80%” of the generation AI chatbot market, and Grok holds only “a few percent” despite claiming its superior capabilities, says Filing.
The arrangement is closing competitors like Xai's Grok, while giving ChatGpt “exclusive access to billions of user prompts derived from hundreds of millions of iPhones.”
“Apple's exclusive ChatGPT deal continues to lag behind as it fails to match rivals like Grok to data scale,” said Midhun Krishna M, Mlops engineer at Juno AI. Decryption.
The integration will provide OpenAI control for the “maximum real-time feedback loop,” he added, ensuring “precision and control.”
With exclusive integration, iPhone users can receive SIRI responses powered by CHATGPT, use AI for photo analysis, and receive access writing tools only through all OpenAI technologies.
The lawsuit also accused Apple of manipulating the App Store rankings to curb its competitors while supporting ChatGpt.
At the beginning of August, Musk challenged the apples The App Store rankings question why his app doesn't appear in the “required” section despite its high rankings.
@grok's average of 4.9 million reviews and yet Apple refuses to mention Grok on the list at https://t.co/9govpymizh
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 25, 2025
It is second in Apple's “productivity” category, with X rankings ranked under “News”, but neither of them appears in the well-known “required apps” section where ChatGPT is featured.
They also claim that Apple delayed approval for updates to the GROK app and rejected the request even if new features were added.
The complaint cites former Apple App Store director Phillip Shoemaker as admitting that the rankings are often “arbitrary” and that “Apple struggles with using the App Store as a weapon against its competitors.”
Apple fears that the “super app” could destroy the iPhone, and it threatens the US 65% smartphone market share, the filing reads.
Openai plans to increase its ChatGpt premium fee to $44 by 2029 and share revenue with Apple, and, according to the complaint, will collect what is called “exclusive rent.”
The complaints state that civil conspiracy, unfair competition and Texas antitrust violations as well as violations of Sherman Law, including trade binding, monopoly, attempts to monopoly and conspiracy.
X Corp. and Xai are ceasing to terminate their exclusive arrangements and seeking injunctive relief that calls for equal integration opportunities from competitors.
