Apple’s lawsuit couldn’t come at a worse time for OpenAI
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s response so far has been carefully hedged, and the timing couldn’t be worse with the company reportedly eyeing an IPO […]
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Published: 17 July 2026
Source: TechCrunch
Category: News
Topics: Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 18 July 2026
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