OpenAI said on Wednesday that it’s buying Jony Ive’s AI devices startup io for about $6.4 billion in an all-equity deal that includes its current stake in the company.

OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple’s iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT

AI gadgets are back, baby! Or that’s what Jony Ive and Sam Altman hope. Well, they may not really hope they’re back as much as they hope they’re not completely and utterly cooked. ICYMI, Ive and OpenAI’s CEO,

OpenAI said on Wednesday that it is buying John Ive’s AI devices startup io for about $6.4 million. This deal would, for the first time, push OpenAI into the world of hardware. Ive is taking on “deep creative and design responsibilities across OpenAI and io,

OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s AI hardware startup io for $6.5 billion, marking its biggest push yet into consumer devices powered by artificial intelligence.

As part of a new partnership, G42, an Emirati A.I. firm, will also help fund OpenAI’s new computer facilities in the United States.

In the last year, dozens of new robotics startups have launched. One of them, a recent graduate of the Y Combinator accelerator, is trying to distinguish itself by developing open-source AI models and other software for the humanoid robots it plans to sell,

In an interview with Bloomberg, Altman said that while many people are worried about AI and its impact on the way we live and work, humanoid robots, also called androids, might make for a more surprising sight, dramatically shifting the way in which we view the world.