OpenAI, Jony Ive
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OpenAI is acquiring Jony Ive and Sam Altman's startup, io, which will lead creative and design work for OpenAI.
Jony Ive's career was mainly at Apple, designing products like the iPhone and Mac. Now he'll work at OpenAI, which bought his AI device startup io.
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Jony Ive became renowned for a meticulous design aesthetic that shaped the cultural zeitgeist during a 27-year career at Apple, which he left in 2019.
With Ive leading design, OpenAI aims to pair the tech behind its ChatGPT chatbot with product design expertise that made the iPhone a bestseller.
OpenAI’s CEO believes Apple’s co-founder would have been “‘damn proud’ of Ive’s latest move”. He may be right.
OpenAI has announced the acquisition of former iPhone designer Jony Ive’s AI devices startup io in a deal worth $6.5 billion.
- This March 19, 1999 file photo shows Jonathan Ive, left, Apple Computer's vice president of design, and Jon Rubinstein, Apple's senior vice president of engineering, posing behind five
OpenAI is buying the AI device startup co-founded by former Apple veteran Jony Ive, joining forces with the legendary designer to make a push into hardware. The $6.5 billion-dollar deal is the largest in OpenAI's history.