xAI filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for hiring former employees and infringing on trade secrets

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2025.09.25 15:38

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has sued its competitor OpenAI, accusing it of hiring several xAI employees and illegally obtaining xAI's trade secrets.

The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in California, USA, with xAI claiming that OpenAI hired former xAI engineers Xuechen Li, Jimmy Fraiture, and a senior financial executive, and unlawfully acquired confidential and other information related to xAI.

xAI stated that OpenAI's goal was to target individuals who possess key technologies and business plans of xAI, including xAI's source code and operational advantages in launching data centers. xAI described the behavior as "deliberately orchestrated."