A class-action antitrust lawsuit names Alphabet's Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceXAI. The suit was filed in the Northern District of California.
Four paying subscribers of the companies' AI services brought the lawsuit. It alleges the firms illegally coordinated to slow AI development. Plaintiffs claim this alleged agreement violates antitrust laws. They state it diminishes competition and reduces the value of their paid subscriptions.
The complaint centers on public statements from September 12. On that date, CEOs of the involved companies voiced support for an industry-wide deceleration of AI advancement. They cited safety reasons.
The lawsuit argues this public alignment constitutes an agreement to restrain trade. Plaintiffs seek to represent a nationwide class of paid subscribers. This includes subscribers to Google's Gemini, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and SpaceXAI's Grok.