On July 10 2026 Apple sued OpenAI. The complaint alleges a scheme "at every level, from members of its Technical Staff to its Chief Hardware Officer." Then OpenAI answered — in public, with receipts.
What Apple actually alleges: parts carried into interviews, project codenames used in recruiting, an internal offboarding document, and one unreturned laptop. And OpenAI's answer.
This video covers active litigation. Every allegation described is Apple's claim as stated in its complaint and subsequent filings; none has been proven, and no court has ruled on the merits. OpenAI denies the allegations.
Numbers & sources
- $6.5B io acquisition — total all-stock transaction value announced by OpenAI, May 21 2025. OpenAI already held ~23% of io, so incremental consideration was ~$5B; some outlets headline the net figure as $6.4B.