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OpenAI is acquiring Jony Ive and Sam Altman's startup, io, which will lead creative and design work for OpenAI.
OpenAI forms a new hardware division with the io team, led by Jony Ive, to develop AI-native devices, possibly launching a voice-first product as early as 2026.
OpenAI will acquire io, an AI hardware firm founded by Jony Ive. The $6.4 billion deal marks OpenAI's entry into consumer devices. Ive, ex-Apple designer, will oversee design across OpenAI and io. The ...
OpenAI is acquiring io, the hardware-based AI startup co-created by Jony Ive, OpenAI announced today. Ive has been working ...
Jony Ive is leading OpenAI's push into AI hardware, with a wearable device, smart speaker, and robot reportedly in ...
OpenAI is buying io, a hardware company founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive and several other former engineers from ...
OpenAI's $6.5bn acquisition of io, a venture with Jony Ive's LoveFrom, signals a shift to consumer AI hardware. A new ...
CNBC's Kate Rooney talks with Sarah Friar, OpenAI CFO, about the company's acquisition of iPhone designer Jony Ive's AI startup, what's next for hardware at OpenAI, and more.
Founded after Ive left Apple in 2019, IO set out to develop a new line of AI-powered products. The marriage of OpenAI and IO has been rumored to center on a new screenless smartphone. Last month, IO ...
The acquisition, valued at approximately $6.5 billion, positions OpenAI, a company co-founded by Sam Altman, to explore alternatives to smartphones as primary AI access points. Jony Ive ...