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OpenAI is said to have discussed acquire the AI hardware startup that former Apple design steer Jony I ve is build with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman . agree to The Information , OpenAI could pay around $ 500 million for the fledgling caller , call io Products .
I ve , who left Apple in 2019 tostart his own design firm called LoveFrom , confirmed that he was working with Altmanon the AI hardware startuplast year in an consultation withThe New York Times . io Products has raised an unrevealed amount of backing from Laurene Powell Jobs ’ Emerson Collective and others , according to The Information .
The Information ’s report notes that OpenAI may end up partnering with rather of acquiring io Products , which currently has a modest squad that include former Apple designers Tang Tan and Evans Hankey . io Products has reportedly been ferment on different concept of AI - enable devices , including smart home gadgets . Last yr , The New York Times say that the inauguration ’s goal was to establish productsthat are “ less socially turbulent than the iPhone . ”
