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The Real Reason the OpenAI-Jony Ive Partnership Is So Strange
Did Sam Altman just figure out what AI's been missing? Or did he get locked into the very thinking he's spent his career avoiding?
Steve Jobs once called designer Jony Ive his 'spiritual partner' at Apple—OpenAI just bought his tech startup for $6.4 billion
Sam Altman and OpenAI announced a $6.4 billion deal on Wednesday to buy io, the AI hardware startup of Apple's former chief design officer Jony Ive.
Jony Ive to lead OpenAI’s design work following $6.5B acquisition of his company
OpenAI is acquiring Jony Ive and Sam Altman's startup, io, which will lead creative and design work for OpenAI.
Everything We Know About OpenAI’s $6.5 Billion Purchase Of Jony Ive’s Io
Altman and Ive announced OpenAI’s acquisition of Ive’s io in a statement Wednesday, with the deal valued at roughly $6.5 billion after OpenAI acquired 23% of io in a partnership deal in 2024.
$6.4B OpenAI Deal Brings Onboard ‘Greatest Designer’ & Apple Icon Jony Ive
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.
Please, Jony Ive, I beg you not to make a voice device
I really hope OpenAI's new hardware doesn't make me talk to myself in public.
Jony Ive’s AI gadget rumored to be ‘slightly larger’ than Humane’s AI pin
More details are trickling out about Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s new AI device. In a post on Thursday, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says his research indicates that the device could be larger than Humane’s AI pin, but with a “form factor as compact and elegant as an iPod Shuffle.”
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