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Cummins Inc. Liable for Misappropriation of C3 AI Trade Secrets
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 20, 2026--C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE: AI), the Enterprise AI application software company, today announced that on May 19, 2026, a jury in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware returned a unanimous verdict in favor of C3 AI in its lawsuit against Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), finding that Cummins misappropriated C3 AI’s trade secrets.
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