Musk threatens Apple with antitrust lawsuit over Grok ranking in App Store

Published August 12, 2025 10:09am ET



X owner Elon Musk announced plans to sue Apple on Monday for allegedly favoring OpenAI over his Grok artificial intelligence chatbot app in the company’s App Store.

Musk accused Apple of violating antitrust laws and putting Grok at a disadvantage by showing bias toward Sam Altman’s OpenAI. OpenAI’s ChatGPT was ranked first on the App Store while Grok was ranked fifth as of Tuesday morning. Apple’s App Store ranked TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, ChatGPT, and Tinder as its top five “Must Haves,” in that order. 

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