Wednesday, May 21, 2025

OpenAI += "io" HW startup - $6.4B (Jony Ive, iPhone designer)

OpenAI buys iPhone architect’s startup for $6.4bn | Technology | The Guardian

 Sam and Jony introduce io | OpenAI

Ben Geskin on X: "WSJ on Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s OpenAI device: • The product will be capable of being fully aware of a user's surroundings and life, will be unobtrusive, able to rest in one's pocket or on one's desk, and will be a third core device a person would put on a desk after a MacBook https://t.co/96q3YtM7Mu" / X

Jony Ive confirms he's working on an AI hardware product

Jony Ive AI hardware project


Sir Jonathan Paul Ive s a British-American designer. He is best known for his work at Apple Inc., where he was senior vice president of industrial design and chief design officer Ive is the founder of LoveFrom, a creative collective that works with Ferrari, Airbnb, OpenAI and other global brands




"....the device could be larger than Humane’s AI pin, but with a “form factor as compact and elegant as an iPod Shuffle.”
...“one of the intended use cases” is wearing the device around your neck. It also may not come with a display, Kuo says, featuring just built-in cameras and microphones for “environmental detection.”
... The device could also connect to smartphones and PCs to use their computing and display capabilities."





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