OpenAI recruits Jony Ive to design AI hardware in $6.5 billion deal

Posted under: AI technologies
Date: 2025-05-22
Jony Ive to Lead OpenAI's $6.5Bn Hardware Project | Justo Global

OpenAI, the AI company responsible for ChatGPT, is acquiring io, a product and engineering company for $6.5 billion. Co-founded by Apple iPhone designer, Jony Ive, io complements a new hardware project lead by Ive for OpenAI. Since 2023, CEO Sam Altman and Ive have been strategizing together, developing a new family of products, with OpenAI preserving LoveFrom's independence while involving it deeply in design and creativity.