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OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive's AI Hardware Startup io in $6.5 Billion Deal
- On May 21, 2025, OpenAI announced it will acquire io, a hardware AI startup co-founded by Jony Ive, for about $6.5 billion in San Francisco.
- The acquisition follows two years of collaboration between Ive, the former Apple chief design officer, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on AI devices.
- Io, staffed by about 55 engineers including former Apple designers, will develop AI-powered consumer hardware with design input from Ive’s firm LoveFrom.
- Ive expressed that his experiences over the past three decades have prepared him for this exact opportunity, while Altman praised him as the greatest designer in the world.
- This deal, OpenAI’s largest acquisition to date, could enable it to create innovative AI devices that compete directly with Apple and debut as early as 2026.
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Sam Altman Prepares an AI Secret Device with a Former Apple Designer
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has revealed to his employees the ambitious plans for a new device, developed in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive. In order to create 100 million "assistants" from AI, Altman believes that this project will be "the biggest thing we've ever done as a company," as revealed this week in The Wall Street Journal.At an internal meeting that the Journal agreed to, Altman detailed the acquisition of Ive's star…
Man who made iPhone helping Sam Altman bury it
Sam Altman isn’t just coming for your job. He’s coming for your phone, and maybe your soul. OpenAI just spent US$6.5 billion to acquire a secretive hardware company founded by Jony Ive—the man who helped make the iPhone what it is. You may not know Ive’s name, but you’ve touched his work. Literally. Every day. When we […] The post Man who made iPhone helping Sam Altman bury it appeared first on Asia Times.
OpenAI Deal: The End of the Smartphone as We Knew It?
The AI company OpenAI buys the start-up of the legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive. The billion-dollar deal is intended to create a product family that will completely integrate ChatGPT into everyday life. The result could seal a new chapter in the AI revolution.
Are OpenAI and Jony Ive headed for an iPhone moment?
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. OpenAI will acquire the AI device startup co-founded by Apple veteran Jony Ive and Sam Altman, called “io,” for nearly $6.5 billion, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. This almost certainly will put OpenAI in the consumer hardware business, and it seems like it will soon relea…
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