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Apple Sues OpenAI for Industrial-Scale Theft of Hardware Trade Secrets

Tom Bilyeu Impact Theory · Senator Lindsey Graham Suddenly Dies, More Heat For OpenAI, & Are Boyfriends Embarrassing? · July 13, 2026
Apple Sues OpenAI for Industrial-Scale Theft of Hardware Trade Secrets
Tom Bilyeu Impact Theory
Tom Bilyeu Impact Theory
Senator Lindsey Graham Suddenly Dies, More Heat For OpenAI, & Are Boyfriends Embarrassing?
"Apple claims that Tan directed job candidates still working at Apple to bring actual hardware parts to their OpenAI interviews for what was being called show-and-tell sessions. It claims Liu exploited a security bug to download over 1,000 pages of confidential technical files. Including manufacturing documents for Apple's circuit boards. Then he joked about it in messages."
Apple filed a federal lawsuit alleging OpenAI systematically stole trade secrets through former Apple employees who brought hardware parts to interviews and downloaded over 1,000 pages of confidential documents. The suit names OpenAI, Jony Ive's IO Products, and multiple former Apple engineers. Apple wants damages and an injunction as OpenAI prepares for its IPO. Over 400 former Apple employees now work at OpenAI.
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