OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s hardware firm, io
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In a move that casts a shadow across Apple’s upcoming Worldwide Developer’s Conference, OpenAI has announced that it will purchase io, the AI startup founded by acclaimed former Apple designer Sir Jony Ive, who helped create the iMac, iPod, and iPhone.
Jony Ive, who famously designed the iPhone (among other iconic Apple devices), is about to become the design lead for OpenAI, the chatCPT AI giant that, for now, does not make a single hardware device.
OpenAI will buy Ive’s startup in a $6.5 billion deal, as Ive and CEO Sam Altman work on new generation of devices and other AI products.
OpenAI's (OPAI.PVT) move to bring Jony Ive into the fold could reshape the artificial intelligence (AI) device race and put fresh pressure on Apple (AAPL). Hope King, founder of Macro Talk News and Yahoo Finance contributor,
Ive is joining OpenAI, hoping to create another transformative piece of personal technology. Can lightning strike twice?