( August 27, 2025, 12:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Software development company Eliza Labs hit X Corp. with US antitrust claims over allegedly unlawful and monopolistic de-platforming of its artificial intelligence from social media site X, claiming Eliza Labs and its founder Shaw Walter's X accounts were suspended to pressure the plaintiffs into purchasing an exorbitantly expensive developer's license to remain on the platform. "On information and belief, X’s quid pro quo demand for an Enterprise License was a pretextual barrier designed to exclude nonprofits, small developers, and open-source competitors — or any coders developing AI products to run on X’s platform — from its platform," the plaintiffs said in their complaint filed to the US District Court for the Northern District of California. X Corp. sought to bring its own AI agents to its platform, so it has pumped Eliza Labs for technical knowhow on its products under the guise of evaluating whether to reinstate its account, and then launching products nearly identical to those developed by Eliza Labs, the plaintiffs claimed.See attached document....
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