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OpenAI Finalizes Deal for Jony Ive's 'Io' AI Hardware Company

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OpenAI has completed its acquisition of Jony Ive's AI startup io Products, OpenAI said today in a letter from CEO Sam Altman and Ive. The io...

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New York, USA.- OpenAI has completed an agreement of nearly $6.5 billion in shares to purchase an AI device startup co-founded by Jony Ive, former design manager at Apple Inc., thus consolidating ChatGPT manufacturer’s incursion into the hardware market. The purchase, the largest in OpenAI’s history, will provide the company with a unit dedicated to device development with AI. The acquisition of the startup, called io, will also ensure the servi…

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MacRumors broke the news in United States on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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