Apple is suing OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets0

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• July 11, 2026

Apple presented a lawsuit against OpenAI and its hardware chief on Friday for allegedly stealing the iPhone maker’s trade secrets, including unreleased parts and prototypes, confidential designs and documents on secretive projects. The lawsuit accuses OpenAI hardware director Tang Tan, who spent 24 years at Apple and oversaw iPhone product design, and his colleagues at