The deal also cements Jony Ive’s departure from Apple’s orbit and binds his creative legacy to a company positioning itself as Silicon Valley’s next great platform builder.
In an era where “legacy products” are being replaced by intelligent systems, OpenAI and Ive are aiming to design the hardware of the AI age—and possibly redefine computing as we know it.
This is not just a tech acquisition—it’s a bet on the future of how humans will experience AI.
