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Equities sold off sharply Monday as crude oil surged, dragging the major averages lower and snapping a two-session winning streak. The Nasdaq led the decline, with tech names bearing the brunt of the pressure as higher energy costs stoked renewed inflation concerns across the broader market.
Staying in tech, Apple has filed a forty-one page lawsuit against OpenAI alleging a coordinated corporate espionage campaign. The suit centers on two former Apple engineers who joined OpenAI, claiming they walked out the door with stolen laptops, proprietary data, and trade secrets. It is a serious legal escalation between two of the most consequential names in artificial intelligence.
That lawsuit is also the backdrop for a renewed public feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, with both men trading accusations of investor fraud as their respective AI ventures compete for capital and credibility. Musk weighed in on the Apple suit over the weekend, and Altman's team pushed back, turning what was a legal filing into a very public billionaire brawl with billions of dollars in AI investment hanging in the balance.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
