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Execs Say OpenAI Has First Hardware Prototypes, Plan to Reveal Device in 2 Years or Less
OpenAI and Jony Ive aim to launch a context-aware AI device designed to reduce distractions and create a calmer user experience within two years, CEO Sam Altman said.
- On Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company finished its first hardware prototypes at Emerson Collective's Demo Day in San Francisco with Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs.
- Earlier this year, OpenAI acquired io, Jony Ive's startup, for $6.4 billion to develop a calmer, trustworthy device, Altman and Ive say.
- Ive took on design duties while OpenAI hired former Apple employees to build the rumored screenless, pocket-sized device that filters interruptions and shows information contextually.
- Last week OpenAI announced an agreement with Foxconn to build AI infrastructure in the U.S., and analysts say a major OpenAI device could threaten incumbents like Apple amid limited rival efforts.
- The team predicts a launch within two years or less while noting hardware development is unpredictable, and Ive expects to reveal the device in that timeframe.
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OpenAI has hardware prototypes, plan device reveal in 2 years or less
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on July 8, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBC OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Friday that the artificial intelligence startup has finally finished its first prototypes for hardware devices. “Finally, we have the first prototypes,” Altman said in a video posted Monday by Emerson Collective, which inve…
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