How Appleβs big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAIβs IPO plans
17 July 2026 at 13:45
AppleΒ filed a trade secretsΒ lawsuit against OpenAIΒ last Friday, andΒ itβsΒ not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAIβs chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company.Β OpenAIβs response so farΒ has been carefully hedged, and the timingΒ couldnβtΒ be worse with the companyΒ reportedly eyeingΒ an IPO [β¦]