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OpenAI Eyes $500M Acquisition of Jony Ive’s Startup Sam Altman-led OpenAI may acquire “io Products,” a startup by former Apple design legend Jony Ive. The move could mark OpenAI’s entry into AI-powered consumer devices. #Tech #OpenAI #ConsumerHard

$6.5B later, it’s official—OpenAI is building hardware. Not with just anyone. With Jony Ive—the design legend behind the iPhone, iMac, and Apple Watch.

OpenAI and SoftBank are developing Cristal Intelligence, an AI system for enterprises. SoftBank plans to invest $3B annually, using o1-series models to automate tasks, boosting productivity.

OpenAI just bought Windsurf an AI coding tool.

Out of Apple's shortlist of losses over the last 50 years, losing Sir Jony Ive to OpenAI may be one of the most consequential. I'm very curious to see what they're cooking up.

Altman wasn’t joking — OpenAI is stepping into the social game. This isn’t just another app. It’s the future of how we connect, share & create — with AI at the core. Meta vs OpenAI?

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝘁 𝗬𝗲𝘁 — 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 $6.5 billion later, OpenAI is officially building hardware. And they’re not doing it alone. They’ve teamed up with none other than 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐲

Deepseek looks just like another AI startup that blowed up but OpenAI still looks like it will take back it's position in their next model. Many AI startups blew up (not at the level of deepseek) ,but OpenAI always looked promising

I think OpenAI has become the meaning of AI.

Microsoft is competing against it's closest AI partner OpenAI. What do you guys think about the future of OpenAI under the Microsoft's dominance?