OpenAI buys iPhone-designer Jony Ive's startup io for $6.5 bn to create family of AI devices
Ashley Paul, Published on May 21st, 2025
OpenAI said it's buying AI device startup io, co-founded by Jony Ive who designed Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod and MacBook Air, for $6.5 billion (over ₹55,600 crore). With the ChatGPT-maker's largest-ever acquisition, OpenAI intends to produce a family of AI devices, CEO Sam Altman said. Ive and his team of about 55 engineers, designers and researchers will now join OpenAI.
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