Introduction:
Open AI and Famous designer Jony Ive are working together on a new ai powered hardware device through a company called IO Open ai made a $6.5 billion deal to bring the IO inside the Open AI in 2025
Open AI and io spent the last year researching hardware-especially in ear devices like earbuds Another company called ‘io’ they claim that “your name “io” is much sounding like our name “iyo” people may get confused A judge ordered that Open AI to take down any thing using the name “io”. they removed all the potential videos. and they are fighting the lawsuit
What Did the Court Filings Reveal ???
Open AI and io spent researching the hard ware especially in- ear devices like ear buds. They brought nearly 30+head phones from other brands to test and learn. They even meet with the “iyo” team and tried out their earbud tech despite all that they are not launching ear buds.
What Did The io Team Say??
The prototype that we are working on is not an wearable device its not finished yet and it wont go public until at least a year now so basically they’re still experimenting on the device so device is not ready it wont launch or even been advertised until 2026 or later
What they are Actually building?
well its still a mystery jony Ive says that first prototype already “captured his imagination” it will be a part of AI devices “family” so vibe is something new and futuristic that might redefine how we use AI in the real world-not on a screen, but with a dedicated gadget
What Happened in the Meeting??
Welinder and Tan tested iyo’s in-ear device, but it didn’t work well Tang Tan says he tried to avoid learning any private tech details from iyo He even asked lawyers to review materials first
What did the iyo want??
Rugolo he is the iyo’s Ceo really wanted a partnership He tried pitching his device as a test version for Open AI to use he asked Open AI to invest in iyo At one point he even offered to sell the whole company for $200 million but they said no to it
Conclusion
The startup is called io it was co-founded by jony ive legendary Apple designer behind the iphone. and Tang Tan, another former Apple hardware executive. but research is going on the start up is focused on designing and building new ai hardware. it is working closely with Open AI to create the first ever physical ai product Sir Jonathan Ive is now like head of hardware design working closely with Sam Altman(Ceo of Open AI),Tang tan as the Chief Hardware Officer,Evans Hankey as a co-founder and Chief product Officer(Cpo)