Jony Ive became renowned for a meticulous design aesthetic that shaped the cultural zeitgeist during a 27-year career at Apple, which he left in 2019.

Sam Altman, of OpenAI, and Jony Ive, longtime Apple designer, will work together within the ChatGPT-maker to build hardware — but it's unclear what exactly.

OpenAI is buying former Apple design guru Jony Ive’s artificial-intelligence gadget startup.

The hand of Jony Ive is all around us: on our desks, in our pockets, in our palms. More than any other living designer, Apple’s former design chief has shaped and contoured our day-to-day experience. Yet unlike the buzzing, attention-hungry iPhone – his most earth-shaking effigy – the man himself is much less forthcoming.

OpenAI is making a big bet in purchasing Jony Ive’s nascent startup, but it’s a deal reminiscent of some made by Mark Zuckerberg.