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Apple\u00a0filed a trade secrets\u00a0lawsuit against OpenAI<\/a>\u00a0last Friday, and\u00a0it’s\u00a0not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company.\u00a0OpenAI’s response so far<\/a>\u00a0has been carefully hedged, and the timing\u00a0couldn’t\u00a0be worse with the company\u00a0reportedly eyeing\u00a0an IPO as early as\u00a0later this year.\u00a0 <\/p>\n On this episode of TechCrunch’s\u00a0Equity<\/a>\u00a0podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O’Kane dig into what the lawsuit could mean for OpenAI’s own hardware ambitions and IPO timeline, plus a bigger theme running through the week’s news: how much should anyone trust AI companies with their data?\u00a0 <\/p>\n Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0Overcast<\/a>,\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and all the casts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Threads<\/a>, at @EquityPod.\u00a0 <\/p>\n