Openai buys the startup of Jony Ive for $ 6.5 billion

Openai Buy Jony Ive, IO, for $ 6.5 billion, as I mentioned for the first time by New York Times. The company confirmed the news in Blog post On its website, which is titled the image you see above, which seems to be real and not artificial intelligence. As part of the deal, IVE and its design studio, LoveformIt will continue to work independently from Openai. However, Scott Canon, Evans Hanky Tang Tan, who has co -founded IO with IVE, will become Openai employees, along with about 50 engineers, designers and researchers. In cooperation with the current Openai teams, they will work on devices that allow people to interact with Openai technologies.

Openai did not reveal whether the deal would pay for cash or shares. per Wall Street JournalIt is a deal from all stocks. The opening of artificial intelligence has not yet won. Moreover, according to Reporting InformationOpenai agreed to share 20 percent of its revenues with Microsoft Until 2030 for more than $ 13 billion, the technology giant invested. When asked how to finance the acquisition, Al -Taman said The Times The press worries about financing or Openai more than the company itself. “We will be fine,” he said. “Thanks for the anxiety.” The deal is still subject to organizational approval.

In an interview with The TimesThe CEO of Openai Sam Altman and IVE, who is famous for his design on iPhone, said the goal of the partnership is to create “amazing products that raise humanity.” Before today, Altman was an investor in Humane, starting A failed artificial intelligence pin. HP bought the company earlier this year 116 million dollarsMuch less than a billion dollars that humanity has sought before the sale.

“IO team, which focuses on developing products that inspire, empower and empower, will now integrate with Openai to work more clearly with search, engineering and products teams in San Francisco,” Openai wrote about the acquisition of its website. “With IO’s merging with Openai, Jony and Lovefrom will be deep design and creative responsibilities across Openai and IO.”

according to The TimesOpenai has already had a 23 percent stake in IO after an agreement that was connected to the two companies at the end of 2024. Openai now pays about $ 5 billion to completely control the start of the operation. Whether this refers to physical Openai devices on the horizon, and if so, what is the form they take, still unclear. “Building a family of artificial intelligence products for all,” says YouTube’s video description that you see above. All that comes out of the acquisition may take years to strike the market, some of what he does and his team may not see light today.

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