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Elon Musk's xAI accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets and targeting its employees in a new lawsuit

created: Sept. 25, 2025, 7:16 p.m. | updated: Sept. 26, 2025, 7:37 p.m.

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. "OpenAI is waging a coordinated, unfair, and unlawful campaign: OpenAI is targeting those individuals with knowledge of xAI's key technologies and business plans." "This new lawsuit is the latest chapter in Mr. Musk's ongoing harassment," OpenAI said in a statement to Business Insider. A source with knowledge of the issue also told Business Insider that Li, the engineer in question, never worked at OpenAI. Attorneys for xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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