{"id":1041,"date":"2025-06-20T00:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2025-06-20T00:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:28:05","slug":"cummins-confidential-ai-coup-or-corporate-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcap.blog\/2025\/06\/20\/cummins-confidential-ai-coup-or-corporate-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Cummins Confidential : AI Coup or Corporate Theft?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I read about C3.ai\u2019s lawsuit against Cummins like spotting a cracked cylinder in a gleaming engine. On paper it\u2019s AI innovation \u2013 behind the scenes it reeks of opportunism. Alleged misappropriation dressed up as in-house development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C3.ai says Cummins brought it in during 2020 to build a fuel-efficiency optimisation app, hosted on Cummins\u2019 servers under strict confidentiality and no-reverse-engineering clauses. But Cummins allegedly hired an AI team in India to clone the tool \u2013 then binned the contract once their replica was finished. That\u2019s not partnership \u2013 that\u2019s piracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cummins loves to preach \u201cDestination Zero\u201d and boast about its sustainability roadmap. But legal claims that they undercut a tech partner to dodge licensing fees shred that narrative. This isn\u2019t innovation \u2013 it\u2019s imitation in a stolen jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cummins tried to get the case thrown out \u2013 and failed. The court says the claims are strong enough to proceed. C3.ai is seeking up to $1 billion in damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already bruised by the $2.04 billion emissions scandal \u2013 now facing intellectual property allegations and an escalating activist campaign \u2013 Cummins\u2019 reputation is corroding faster than a rusted manifold. If they believe in ethics and innovation, they\u2019ll need to prove it in the open \u2013 not behind closed doors with borrowed code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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