X Corp. and SpaceXAI have asked a federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, to dismiss their antitrust claims against Apple, saying they “have resolved their claims” against the company. The September 14 motion asks for dismissal with prejudice, which means the same claims can’t be filed again, and it says Apple does not oppose it.
OpenAI gets no such exit. The companies behind X and the Grok chatbot are keeping every claim against the three OpenAI entities in the case, so the lawsuit over ChatGPT’s place on the iPhone goes on without Apple.
What the filing says
The motion is a few sentences long. Its core reads:
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“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.”
A second paragraph shuts the door on any reading that includes OpenAI: “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.”
That is the whole filing. It gives no terms, no payment and no reason, and it never calls the outcome a settlement. “Resolved” is the only word on the record, so any account of what Apple gave up, or didn’t, goes beyond what the court has been told.
The court’s docket also lists a September 14 entry titled “Order of Dismissal or Administrative Closure AND Terminate Motions.” We haven’t been able to read that order, so its wording is not confirmed.
What X and xAI accused Apple of
X Corp. and X.AI LLC filed the suit on August 25, 2025. In August 2026, Judge Mark T. Pittman granted an unopposed request to change the second plaintiff’s name in the case caption to SpaceXAI LLC.
The complaint opened by calling the case “a tale of two monopolists joining forces.” Its target was the ChatGPT integration Apple and OpenAI announced in June 2024, which it said made ChatGPT “the only generative AI chatbot integrated into the iPhone.” iPhone owners who wanted a chatbot for key tasks, it argued, had “no choice but to use ChatGPT.”
It also accused Apple of “deprioritizing the apps of competing generative AI chatbots and super apps in its App Store rankings” and of dragging out app review for those rivals. X and xAI sought “billions in damages.”
Apple and OpenAI both moved to dismiss. Judge Pittman denied both motions on November 13, 2025, adding that his order “should not be construed as a judgment (or pre-judgment) on the merits of this litigation.”
The case against OpenAI goes on
The motion leaves OpenAI’s schedule untouched. An order entered April 16, 2026, moved the trial from October 19, 2026, to January 11, 2027, and a June order extended the mediation deadline to December 4, 2026.
Apple’s own fight with OpenAI is a separate case. In Apple Inc. v. Liu, filed July 10 in the Northern District of California, Apple is suing OpenAI, io Products LLC, Tang Yew Tan and Chang Liu under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act. At a September 14 status conference, Judge Edward J. Davila moved the hearing on Apple’s preliminary injunction request, its motion for expedited discovery and the defendants’ motion to dismiss from October 1 to October 14.
What changes for iPhone owners
Nothing, for now. The motion doesn’t mention Grok, ChatGPT, Siri or any product, and it points to no new deal between Apple and xAI.
Apple’s assistant has moved on in any case. Its September 14 announcement of Siri AI in iOS 27 says the new features run on the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, “custom-built in collaboration with Google and its Gemini models.” The court record draws no connection between that and the end of the lawsuit.
Apple still has bigger antitrust fights ahead, including the Justice Department’s case. The next thing to watch in Texas is the text of the September 14 order, and whether either company says what “resolved” means.
