OpenAI forges deal with iPhone designer Jony Ive to make AI-enabled devices

Jony Ive attends the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

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OpenAI, maker of leading artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, is about to get physical.

The company announced that it is buying a device startup called io, launched by former Apple designer Jony Ive, in a deal worth just under $6.5 billion. It’s OpenAI’s biggest acquisition to date.

The tie-up brings together two giants in the tech world: Ive, who designed the iPhone and other iconic Apple products,

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