California drivers accuse gas station operators of using AI to boost pump prices — lawsuit seeks damages for antitrust violations

AI is helping gas stations collude to raise California fuel prices, lawsuit says

Kalibrate fuel-pricing AI allegedly enabled 1,700+ California gas stations (Marathon, Circle K, BP, Walmart) to illegally collude, raising prices 6–30 cents per gallon. Post-RealPage and Agri Stats DOJ settlements, algorithmic pricing compliance and governance are now board-level risk for enterprise AI vendors and pricing-stack decisions.