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X and SpaceXAI drop Apple from ChatGPT–Siri antitrust suit — OpenAI claims continue

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X Corp and SpaceXAI moved to dismiss with prejudice their claims against Apple, saying the dispute is “resolved.” Apple does not oppose. Claims against OpenAI remain.

Elon Musk’s X Corp and SpaceXAI (the xAI successor entity) filed a motion on September 14, 2026, asking a Texas federal court to dismiss with prejudice their antitrust claims against Apple — while expressly keeping the case alive against OpenAI.

The filing is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Claims Against Defendant Apple Inc. in X Corp. v. Apple Inc., No. 4:25-cv-00914-P (N.D. Tex., Fort Worth). It is a separate track from Apple’s same-day Supreme Court opening brief in the Epic App Store contempt fight.

What the motion says

From the signed motion (dated September 14, 2026):

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 OpenAI Foundation (f/k/a OpenAI, Inc.); OpenAI, L.L.C.; and OpenAI OpCo, LLC.

A with-prejudice dismissal bars the same Apple claims from being refiled. The motion does not disclose settlement terms, payments, or product commitments. Apple’s non-opposition is on the record; neither side published a joint statement explaining why the Apple claims were “resolved.”

Bloomberg later reported that U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman granted the request to dismiss Apple. Earlier specialist write-ups from 9to5Mac and MacRumors had described the filing as still pending court approval under Rule 41(a)(2).

What the lawsuit was about

Filed in 2025, the suit accused Apple and OpenAI of working together to lock in ChatGPT’s privileged place in Siri / Apple Intelligence while disadvantaging rivals such as Grok in the App Store. Apple has long said it intends to partner with additional generative AI chatbots — a point that gained fresh technical context after iOS 27 code pointed to Siri AI backend swaps for Claude or ChatGPT.

Discovery had already gotten messy: courts ordered Musk-related email production from Tesla/SpaceX accounts, and OpenAI pressed spoliation arguments. With Apple exiting, those discovery fights concentrate on the remaining OpenAI defendants.

What still remains

OpenAI Foundation, OpenAI L.L.C., and OpenAI OpCo stay in the case; plaintiffs say they are not dismissing those claims.
Specialist coverage points to a January 11, 2027 trial setting for the continuing OpenAI track (confirm against the live docket as dates move).
This does not resolve Apple’s separate DOJ antitrust discovery fight or the Epic Supreme Court merits briefing.

Sources: Motion PDF (Ars Technica host), 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Bloomberg.