Without providing evidence, Tesla’s Elon Musk accuses Apple of favoring OpenAI

Other AI apps have topped the App Store, including Grok.

8/12/25 7:40AM

On Monday night, Tesla and xAI CEO Elon Musk posted on X saying that Apple is keeping AI companies other than OpenAI from reaching the No. 1 spot in its App Store, calling it “an unequivocal antitrust violation.” Musk provided no proof of wrongdoing by Apple beyond pointing out that Apple has a partnership with OpenAI to use ChatGPT on its AI iPhones.

Other AI apps have previously ranked No. 1 among Top Free Apps on Apple’s US App Store — including xAI’s Grok. Earlier this year, Grok spent several days atop the App Store before being once again bested by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to Appfigures.

Top free App Store Aug 12, 2025 — Sherwood News

ChatGPT is a consumer favorite, with people choosing it over other AI assistants licensed by their companies, while Grok as recently as last month was in the news for praising Hitler. China’s DeepSeek also topped the App Store earlier this year. Both Grok and DeepSeek ranked No. 1 after Apple announced its OpenAI partnership back in 2024. Today, Grok is No. 5 while ChatGPT is No. 1.

Musk has been on a publicity push lately for Grok 4, offering it for free and advertising its image and video-generation tool Grok Imagine.

Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation.

xAI will take immediate legal action.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 12, 2025

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Nebius soars after signing a five year deal with Microsoft to supply nearly $20 billion worth of AI computing power

Artificial intelligence infrastructure group Nebius jumped more than 50% in early trading on Tuesday as the company announced a major deal to supply computing power for Microsoft’s AI operations after the close on Monday.

Under the agreement, Nebius — which rose from the ashes of Russian tech giant Yandex — will provide Microsoft “access to dedicated GPU infrastructure capacity in tranches at its new data center in Vineland, New Jersey over a five-year term.” The New Jersey data center has a capacity of 300 megawatts. The total contract value through 2031 is $17.4 billion, although, if further capacity is required, the contract value could rise to $19.4 billion.

The deal represents a sizable portion of Microsoft's proposed annual capital expenditure on AI, which is expected to reach $120 billion by the end of fiscal 2026.

Nebius and competitor CoreWeave are both on the short list of startups that Nvidia has invested in. Nvidia’s small stake in the former is now worth around $120 million.

Nebius announces multi-billion dollar agreement with Microsoft for AI infrastructure

The deal represents a sizable portion of Microsoft's proposed annual capital expenditure on AI, which is expected to reach $120 billion by the end of fiscal 2026.

Nebius and competitor CoreWeave are both on the short list of startups that Nvidia has invested in. Nvidia’s small stake in the former is now worth around $120 million.

President Trump hosts tech executives and their guests to a dinner at the White House in the Oval Office.

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Many of the attendees have donated to, vocally supported, or even worked for the president.

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Tesla’s EV market share declined to 38% in August

In August, Tesla’s share of the US EV market fell to 38%, according to new data from Cox Automotive reported by Reuters. Tesla’s market share fell below 50% for the first time last year, as competitors’ EVs began hitting the market. Now, as Tesla’s own sales slip more drastically than they had last year, it’s giving up even more ground. Tesla’s market share fell from 48.7% in June to 42% in July to 38% in August, according to Reuters. That slide has come even as buyers rushing to take advantage of the federal tax credit that ends this month provide a near-term boon for sales at Tesla and other EV makers.

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OpenAI now expects to burn around $115 billion through 2029 — a full $80 billion higher than the company had previously estimated, The Information reports.

Just how much is that? It’s roughly equivalent to:

Fortunately for OpenAI, which is raising money at a $500 billion valuation, its revenue is also growing faster than expected. The ChatGPT maker now expects to make $13 billion in revenue this year and $200 billion in 2030.

An annotated photo of who attended the tech dinner at the White House.

An interactive who's-who of the tech execs at Trump's White House dinner

The White House invited a gaggle of top founders and tech executives for an intimate dinner at the White House.

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