Oh boy, where do I even start with this? So apparently, Sam Altman—yeah, the OpenAI guy—has been buddying up with Apple’s old design wizard, Jony Ive. Been a lot of whispers about their secret project, but now it’s like a real thing or something? Altman hinted this could be as big as the iPhone explosion back in ’07. Crazy times, right?
Anyway, OpenAI swung a whopping $6.5 billion deal to snag Ive’s startup, io. Yeah, billion with a ‘B’. This might just plop them into the tech battleground with folks like Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Samsung. You know, those big shots. Apparently, they’re cooking up AI gadgets. No pressure!
Now, OpenAI’s been on a bit of a shopping spree, huh? Before this, they threw $3 billion at Windsurf to beef up their AI’s coding smarts. I mean, ChatGPT is already kind of a hit everywhere (even if Microsoft’s Satya Nadella threw some shade about their head start).
But back to io—the crew’s gonna be inventing uber cool AI gizmos, all while tapping into Ive’s brainpower. He’s got this team packed with ex-Apple folks. While Apple’s been doing who-knows-what with their AI plans, the iPhone’s still a rockstar.
Did you hear Sam chatting with Bloomberg? He dropped some hint that whatever they’re brewing next won’t be an iPhone killer. It’s more like… something else entirely. Reminds me of how phones didn’t kill laptops. Or did they? Meh.
To top it off, Wall Street Journal says Sam and Ive’s squad have been tinkering with headphones and camera thingies. Jony’s all excited, calling their first creation a total imagination grabber. I can only imagine what magic these two are cooking up. 2026 can’t come fast enough, right?
And by the way, Sam mentioned he got to play around with a prototype at home. He’s over the moon—claims it’s the coolest tech yet. I mean, talk it up, Sam. Let’s see what you’ve got!
