Musk’s X Corp and SpaceXAI Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple

Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI settle class-action antitrust lawsuit against Apple just weeks before trial Elon Musk's X Corp and SpaceXAI have settled a highly-publicized antitrust lawsuit against Apple.

The companies announced Monday they settled the federal case in Texas. The lawsuit claimed Apple, in conjunction with the other defendants, engaged in a conspiracy to monopolize markets related to smartphones and generative AI chatbots. The companies did not provide details of the settlement.

The case was filed in 2025 and challenged the policies Apple has regarding its App Store and its partnerships with AI companies. X and SpaceXAI alleged that Apple's policies hurt competing services and gave favoritism to specific apps and AI offerings. Apple claimed that it had done nothing wrong.

OpenAI was a defendant, along with Apple, in the original lawsuit, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas, was filed by X Corp and X.AI LLC, with the suit categorized as an antitrust matter.

The lawsuit had persisted into 2026, with disagreements about evidence and the production of documents. Musk's SpaceX and Tesla email and other correspondence related to the case may be disclosed to discover if it involved Musk, a federal judge ruled in June, noting he owned the companies and was an executive.

The deal resolves one of the key legal battles that Apple faces as regulators and technology giants continue to scrutinize the influence of giant digital platforms. In recent years, antitrust cases have centered around the ability of big tech companies to control access to users, applications and new AI offerings.

The deal also resolves a lawsuit against Musk's company that tied the social-media platform X to the fast-growing AI work at his space venture, SpaceXAI. It had become part of a battle between large tech companies over the dominance of distribution channels and the crowded field of generative AI.

Although the resolution brings the lawsuit between the two to a close, the broader issues regarding competition in AI and mobile remains unanswered. Regulators and courts are investigating whether the large platforms are leveraging their position of market power to harm new competitors.