Musk announces intentions to file a lawsuit against Apple for neglecting to highlight X and Grok as top applications
In a surprising turn of events, Elon Musk, the visionary entrepreneur behind SpaceX, Tesla, and X, has announced his intention to sue Apple. The lawsuit, according to Musk, is due to Apple's alleged antitrust violations regarding the App Store's treatment of his AI app, Grok, and the social app X.
Musk claims that Apple is deliberately preventing any AI company besides OpenAI from reaching the top rankings on the App Store, a move he considers an "unequivocal antitrust violation." He specifically criticized Apple for not placing X and Grok higher in the App Store rankings, accusing Apple of bias and "putting their whole body" into suppressing his apps' visibility.
At the time of these statements in August 2025, OpenAI's ChatGPT was ranked #1, while Grok was ranked fifth on the App Store. Musk has framed this as Apple excluding or disadvantaging his apps compared to OpenAI's products. However, neither Musk's company xAI nor Apple has officially responded to requests for comment on the matter.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to Musk's lawsuit threat by calling Musk's claims "remarkable" and hinting at Musk's own manipulation of the platform X for personal gain, emphasizing that OpenAI will stay focused on product quality.
X is the number one news app in the world, and Grok is an artificial intelligence chatbot app owned by Musk's startup, xAI. It's worth noting that the European Union has fined Apple billions of dollars for antitrust violations related to its app store practices and favoritism towards its own services in recent years.
This lawsuit is the latest in a series of allegations of antitrust violations against Apple. Last year, the EU fined Apple nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service by forbidding rivals from telling users how they could pay for cheaper subscriptions outside of iPhone apps. In April, the European Union fined Apple 500 million euros for breaking competition rules by preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store.
A federal judge has also found that Apple violated a court injunction in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite maker Epic Games. As of early Tuesday, TikTok was the top app in Apple's App Store, followed by Tinder, Duolingo, YouTube, and Bumble. Open AI's ChatGPT was ranked 7th.
As the situation unfolds, it remains to be seen whether xAI will indeed take immediate legal action against Apple and whether this threat will lead to a formal lawsuit. Stay tuned for updates on this developing story.
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