🤯 Former Apple soul figure Jony Ive has somehow become the design lead for OpenAI's hardware/product, and plans to launch the first hardware next year! Timeline: Two years ago, Jony Ive (and his company LoveFrom) began collaborating with OpenAI Over a year ago, Jony Ive recruited several former Apple executives to jointly establish a new company called io, which develops interactive AI hardware. Today, OpenAI acquired io for $6.5 billion. Although Jony Ive still has LoveFrom, a company that provides external design consulting services, judging from this situation, her main focus should be on designing hardware for OpenAI.