Cummins Owes C3.ai $23 Million for Fuel Tool Trade Secret Theft

Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. must pay technology company C3.ai Inc. $23.3 million for stealing fuel optimization tool trade secrets learned during their three-year partnership, a Delaware jury said.

C3.ai established that Cummins stole five out of the six trade secrets at issue and breached its software service agreement, according to the verdict form entered Wednesday in Delaware Superior Court.

The verdict is a substantial windfall for the AI company, which the jury awarded $2 million each for four of the secrets and $15.3 million for theft of its trial code modules. The jury said, however, that C3.ai failed to show ...