OpenAI Acquires Ive's io to Create Next-Gen AI Devices

Published MAY 22 2025

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Above: Jony Ive presents the Fashion Icon award during The Fashion Awards 2019 held at Royal Albert Hall on December 2, 2019. Image credit: John Phillips/Contributor/BFC/Getty Images

The Spin

This could be a groundbreaking partnership, combining OpenAI's cutting-edge AI capabilities with Ive's legendary design expertise. But OpenAI must succeed where other companies have failed, while also competing with other companies alsothat are integrating their AI into their devices. OpenAI won't have accomplished anything until Altman's dreams must become reality andfor thethis companyto hasbe ana actual product to sellsuccess.

Atlantic

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CNBC

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 60% chance that OpenAI will report an AI system as having a pre-mitigation score of "high" or "higher" on model autonomy as of Dec. 31, 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.