Jony Ivee, the former Apple Industior Design design behind the appearance of iPhone and iPad and other giant technology products, joined Openai as part of a $ 6.5 billion deal that would merge iVe’s Startup with Sam Altman.
IVE will help the artificial intelligence company, which has developed ChatGPT, will run devices with artificial intelligence capacity, according to a video posted on Openai’s X account Wednesday.
As part of the deal, Openai announced that it will get IV’s Startup IO, according to A. statement Posted by Openai. Yves and the startup team will lead design efforts at the IQ.
“Two years ago, Johnny and I started talking about what was seemed to be the future of artificial intelligence and new types of computers,” Altmani, CEO of Openai, said in the video. “It became clear very quickly for each of us that we need a third company.”
Altamman said their mission is to create a family of devices that allow people to use artificial intelligence “to create all kinds of great things”, noting that IVE and his team have already developed a preliminary device.
I worked in Apple for more than two decades, and is known for his work on the icon iPhone, IMAC and other designs. He was the chief design official in Apple before leaving the company in 2019 to start his design company, which is called lovefrom.
He contributed to this report.
