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After announcing that the designer's company iPhone, io, would be integrated into the OpenAI to create a new device that could revolutionize the industry, Sam altman, in a meeting with its employees, gave details about what has been worked on in recent years. The idea is that this AI hardware from OpenAI be a third device option in addition to the iPhone and MacBook. Understand the partnership between professionals and when it will be launched. 6hr9
Start of a partnership rk52
Announced via a blog post on the OpenAI, followed by a nine-minute video, the partnership with io — company of Jony Ive, designer of the iPhone and MacBook — can be considered strategic. Jony and OpenAI have been working together since 2023, both with the io, as with the LoveFrom, a collective community of professionals also created by Jony Ive in 2019, right after he left Apple . his main creations: the first iPhone, 2007 and the iMac transparent, from 1998.
They have started working on a device that does not yet have a name or many prototypes, to avoid leaks, but the idea is promising. The original plan was for the startup de Ive build and sell your own device using the technology from OpenAIbut Altman said he eventually realized that this wouldn't work. Altman said he knew the two companies would have to merge because the device was not just an accessory, but a central facet of the 's relationship with the OpenAI.
We were both excited by the idea that if you signed up for ChatGPT, we would simply send you new computers, and you would use them.
Sam Altman on co-creating with Jony Ive.
For the companies to be merged, the OpenAI disbursed US$ 6,5 billion (around R$ 36 billion in direct conversion), this being considered the largest acquisition by the creator of Chat GPT so far. It is worth ing that the OpenAI already owned 23% of io before it is fully closed, but it is known that the negotiation will be finalized in shares.
Watch the video announcing the partnership, announced on May 21st:
What to expect from the new AI gadget 2v11
The idea is to create a device that would eliminate the need to type voice commands to use the Chat GPT. At the same time, Altman confirmed in a meeting, as reported by Wall Street Journal, that this AI gadget would not be a smartphone (or even a pair of smart glasses) and the main focus was to keep people away from screens.
Jony Ive and Sam Altman They also revealed that the device will be able to have full awareness of the location and situation it is in, as well as capture data from the 's daily life. It will also be discreet and can be placed in a pocket.
The idea here is that in addition to a iPhone and from one MacBook, people also use this AI hardware in their daily lives, as an assistant that can be used at any time and for various activities. The format is not yet known, but Sam altman emphasizes that this will be a “new type of computing”.
AI is a huge leap forward in of what humans can do. This means a new type of computing format is needed to unlock the full potential of the technology.
Sam Altman on co-creating with Jony Ive.
Bloomberg Data point out that the new device has the of important names in the mobile device industry, such as the widow of Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, who put in capital through his investment firm, Emerson Collective. Other funders are Thrive Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Maverick Capital e S. V. Angel.
Price and availability 3j3on
The idea of Sam altman e Jony Ive is to bring this AI gadget to market in 2026, with no price revealed yet. The category of AI pins and autonomous devices is quite controversial and it can be said that the last two devices launched for this market were considered a real disaster.
starting with Rabbit R1, the device was presented at the CES 2024 and even had its stock sold out during pre-sale. When it reached the general market and, mainly, the public, it was discovered that it had nothing innovative: in addition to being quite limited in of connectivity, the operating system of the Rabbit R1 was actually an app Android running on a smaller device.
Another idea that sounded interesting only in theory was the AI Pin, by Humane. The idea was similar to Rabbit R1: to be an autonomous device, which had AI resources, a projector and more features. However, the price to have access to this was not at all affordable: US$ 699 (R$ 3.984 in direct conversion).
With such a high price tag, a lot was expected from the device. And this is where the company started to have problems. Firstly, the battery of the gadget did not last long enough, which left s with nothing more than a decorative item on their clothes. AI Pin ended up having less time to live than expected and, as a final point in this story, the Humane, the company behind the device, was sold to HP in February 2025, which discontinued the project.
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