OpenAI acquires the io company founded by Jony Ive for $6.5 billion

OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive's io Company for $6.5 Billion

2025-05-22 15:25 by Bo Hongtiannv

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the acquisition of io, a one-year-old company founded by former Apple executive Jony Ive, for $6.5 billion. This is the largest acquisition by OpenAI to date. Ive and his team of 55 engineers, designers, and researchers will join OpenAI, responsible for OpenAI's creative and design work, creating AI hardware that helps interact better with humans. Altman and Ive said in an interview that more details of the new hardware device will be announced next year.

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