Anthropic, OpenAI, $SPCX and $GOOGL were SUED in federal court over allegations they illegally coordinated to slow AI development.

The lawsuit argues Dario Amodei’s call for “industry-wide coordination” to “pace the frontier,” later supported by $TSLA CEO Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Demis Hassabis, amounted to an antitrust violation between competitors.

The companies had not responded to Politico’s requests for comment as of publication.