xAI v. OpenAI (trade secrets) trade secrets case

US District Court, Northern District of California · 3:25-cv-08133 · filed Sep 24, 2025 · Active

xAI alleges OpenAI poached its engineers and executives to obtain trade secrets about Grok and its data center operations.

The case

2 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Jul 13	Appeal: NOTICE OF APPEAL to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed by X.AI Corp., X.AI LLC. Appeal of Judgment 111 (Appeal fee of $605 receipt number ACANDC-22207070 paid.) (Attachments: #	Appeal	Link
Sep 24, 2025	Filing: Complaint filed: X.AI Corp. v. OpenAI, Inc.	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Nov 5Motion to Dismiss Hearing in 41dnext date	A.C. v. Altman (Tumbler Ridge)Motion to Dismiss HearingActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Sep 2
Nov 5Initial Case Management Conference in 41dnext date	Ted Entertainment v. OpenAIInitial Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Apr 3
Sep 16Filed 9d agofiled	Times Publishing Co. v. Microsoft and OpenAIActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Sep 16
Aug 14Filed 42d agofiled	Sullivan v. OpenAIActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Aug 14
Jun 24Filed 93d agofiled	Richner Communications v. MicrosoftActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Jun 24
May 1Filed 5mo agofiled	Carreyrou v. OpenAIActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	May 1
Mar 13Filed 6mo agofiled	Encyclopaedia Britannica v. OpenAIActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Mar 13
Mar 10Filed 7mo agofiled	Gracenote Media Services v. OpenAIActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Mar 10

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X.AI Corp. v. OpenAI, Inc.