Elon Musk accused Apple and OpenAI of "thwarting competition and innovation in the generative AI chatbot market" more than a year after the two companies partnered to integrate ChatGPT into Iphone operating systems, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple (AAPL) and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas on Monday, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition for artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk-owned xAI on Monday sued tech giants Apple and OpenAI over an alleged scheme to illegally dominate the artificial intelligence industry through a collaboration that equipped iPhones with AI tools.