Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI and Bastrop-based X sued Apple and OpenAI for billions of dollars in U.S. Federal Court in Texas on Monday over alleged anticompetitive practices related to chatbots and smartphones.

Elon Musk-owned xAI on Monday sued tech giants Apple and OpenAI over an alleged scheme to illegally dominate the artificial intelligence industry through a collaboration that equipped iPhones with AI tools.

Elon Musk accused Apple Inc. and OpenAI in a lawsuit of unfairly favoring the artificial intelligence company across iPhones and thwarting competition for other chatbot makers.Musk’s X and xAI seek billions of dollars in damages in the suit filed Monday in federal court in Fort Worth,