Openai to get the Veteran Designer of Apple, Jony Ive, starting IO in a $ 6.5 billion agreement to create AI devices | Mint

Openai has announced that it will be IO, the AI ​​hardware startup found by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive, in an agreement worth almost $ 6.5 billion. This is an indication of Openai’s daring access to the hardware space. The acquisition brings Jony Ive – the creative power behind iconic Apple products such as the iPhone, iMac and iPad – and a framework of former Apple designers. Together, they will be the forefront of developing a new class of AI native devices under a dedicated product unit at Openai. In a joint statement posted on Wednesday (May 21), Openai CEO Sam Altman said their shared vision for a new family of AI-integrated products. Although Ive will not join Openai as an employee, his design collective, loving, independent and he will accept deeply creative and design responsibilities about Openai and IO. Openai revealed that Altman and Ive worked together since 2023 and envisaged hardware products that integrate generative AI technologies such as Chatgpt seamlessly. The acquisition positions open to compete directly in the consumer hardware market, with purpose-built devices optimized for AI interactions-a strategic shift that can redefine how users work with artificial intelligence. Openai, mocked in 2015, rose to the global prominence after the launch of Chatgpt in 2022. Microsoft remains the largest investor of Openai. Both Openai and LoveFrom are headquartered in San Francisco, which further sements the Bay area as the epicenter of the next wave of AI innovation.