📱✨ OpenAI Buys Jony Ive's io for $6.5B Biggest deal yet! OpenAI is acquiring io, the AI hardware startup by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive, in a $6.5B all-stock deal. Ive will lead design at both OpenAI & io. First product? A pocket-sized, screen-free AI companion — not a phone or glasses. Sam Altman calls it a “third core device” after the iPhone & MacBook. OpenAI aims to ship 100M+ units and unlock $1T+ in value. The future of AI hardware just got real.