Jony Ive, Described By Sam Altman As 'The Greatest Designer In The World' Joins OpenAI In $6.5B Deal To Build 'A Totally New Kind Of Thing'

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Jony Ive, Described By Sam Altman As 'The Greatest Designer In The World' Joins OpenAI In $6.5B Deal To Build 'A Totally New Kind Of Thing'

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OpenAI announced on May 21 that it had made a significant move by acquiring io, the AI hardware startup co-founded by renowned designer Jony Ive.
The deal is valued at approximately $6.5 billion and brings Ive and a team of former Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) engineers into OpenAI's fold to…

This story appeared on benzinga.com, 2025-06-03 13:45:31.