OpenAI has issued a formal statement in response to Apple’s lawsuit accusing the company of trade secret theft. Read it below.

Link to: https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/10/apple-sues-openai-trade-secret-theft/

Apple alleges former employees took confidential designs, supplier information, and engineering files before joining OpenAI.

Apple is concerned that OpenAI used the stolen confidential information to "jumpstart its hardware efforts," per the 41-page lawsuit.

In a filing, Apple says former employees who left for OpenAI had access to its systems after leaving.