Tech Brew Ride Home · Monday, July 13, 2026
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that former Apple employees stole trade secrets to benefit OpenAI's hardware development. The lawsuit names Xiang Liu and Tang Tan as defendants, who previously held key design and engineering roles at Apple before joining OpenAI. Apple claims OpenAI did not respond to their initial concerns raised in February.
“Late Friday, word leaked out that Apple is suing OpenAI, alleging that ex-Apple employees stole, quote, Apple's trade secrets for the benefit of OpenAI, end quote.”
“The lawsuit names Xiang Liu and Tang Tan as two of the defendants.”
“OpenAI, however, never responded.”