Beyond ChatGPT: OpenAI's Hidden Plan to Kill the Smartphone

By Sheryl Connection Catalyst | WBN News Global | May 27, 2025

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The tech world is buzzing with OpenAI's announced $6.5B all-stock acquisition of io. This marks the beginning of a potentially game-changing collaboration between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive.

Ive, the brilliant mind who created the iPhone and iMac, has been quietly working on AI-powered gadgets through his design company LoveFrom since he left Apple in 2019. The Altman-Ive merger integrates io's expertise into OpenAI's operations.

We can expect substantial innovations as Ive will be assuming a pivotal role in leading design and creative efforts across the company, and he brings his team of former Apple designers including Evans Hankey and Marc Newson with him.

This team-up brings together two incredible talents: Ive's simple, beautiful design style and OpenAI's super-smart AI technology. The first product from the collaboration is expected to launch in the coming year. Rumours abound, although specific details remain under wraps. Tech experts think they might create devices that don't need screens or keyboards at all—instead, you'd just talk to them naturally.

Altman envisions this partnership as a step towards creating a new category of AI-powered devices. This isn't Altman's first big move. He's already invested in nuclear energy company Helion and identity tech startup Worldcoin, showing he loves betting on technologies that could change everything.

OpenAI wants to be more than just a software company—they want to control the whole AI experience. The possibilities are huge. If they succeed, we could see completely new types of AI gadgets—devices built from scratch for talking with AI, not just regular phones and computers with AI added on top.

The entire tech world is watching as these two visionaries prepare to reinvent personal technology. This Altman-Ive connection could herald the next big change where AI becomes seamlessly embedded into our daily lives.

As AI gets smarter and smarter at lightning speed, the question is no longer whether new types of devices will show up—it's who will design them first!

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Sources:

-Investopedia- OpenAI to Acquire iPhone Designer Jony Ive's AI Startup in $6.5 Billion Deal

-The Times - Sir Jony Ive’s tech start-up to merge with OpenAI in $6.5 billion deal

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