X Corp. and SpaceXAI LLC moved to dismiss their antitrust claims against Apple Inc. with prejudice on September 14, 2026, according to a court filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division. The joint notice informed the tribunal that both companies resolved their dispute with Apple while expressly keeping their ongoing litigation active against the remaining defendants, the OpenAI entities.
Dismissal Details in X Corp. v. Apple Inc.
According to the court document filed under X Corp. v. Apple Inc., the plaintiffs requested a voluntary dismissal of all claims directed specifically at Apple under the federal rule governing court-ordered dismissals. Legal counsel from Axinn LLP, Brown Pruitt Wambsganss Dean Forman & Moore, and Stone Hilton PLLC signed the filing on September 14, 2026. Court records show that Apple did not oppose the motion. The public filing did not disclose the financial or operational terms of the resolution.
The dismissal preserves the remainder of the lawsuit. The filing explicitly states that X Corp. and SpaceXAI LLC are not dropping any claims against OpenAI Foundation (formerly OpenAI, Inc.), OpenAI, L.L.C., and OpenAI OpCo, LLC. Those entities remain named defendants as the case proceeds toward trial.
Origins of the 2025 Antitrust Litigation
The legal battle began on August 25, 2025, when X Corp. and then-named X.AI LLC filed a jury demand accusing Apple and OpenAI of operating as “two monopolists.” The initial complaint targeted a June 2024 partnership that embedded ChatGPT as the exclusive generative artificial intelligence chatbot within Apple’s iOS ecosystem.
The complaint cited distinct market control figures to support its claims, asserting that Apple held a 65 % share of the U.S. smartphone market, while OpenAI controlled at least 80 % of the generative AI chatbot market. Plaintiffs argued that Apple’s daily Siri request volume—measured at 1,5 mil millones de solicitudes in 2024—effectively granted OpenAI exclusive access to up to 55 % of all prospective generative AI prompts. Furthermore, the lawsuit alleged that Apple actively suppressed competition by downgrading the X and Grok applications within App Store rankings, delaying updates for Grok, and rejecting xAI’s requests to integrate Grok directly into iOS. The complaint raised violations under Section 1 and Section 2 of the Sherman Act, seeking damages in the billions of dollars.
Case Timeline and Remaining OpenAI Proceedings
The litigation survived initial procedural hurdles when U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman rejected dismissal motions filed by both Apple and OpenAI on November 13, 2025, following a previous venue challenge denied on October 16, 2025. Following the court’s scheduling adjustments on April 16, 2026, discovery deadlines were set for July 31, 2026, with pretrial orders scheduled for December 14, 2026, and mediation required by December 4, 2026.
On August 14, 2026, the court approved an uncontested motion to amend the case caption, formally replacing X.AI LLC with SpaceXAI LLC. With Apple exiting the active litigation following the September 14 dismissal, the remaining antitrust allegations against OpenAI Foundation, OpenAI, L.L.C., and OpenAI OpCo, LLC continue toward the scheduled jury trial date of January 11, 2027.
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