In collaboration with OpenAIApple Intelligence serviceLater, Apple announced that Phil Schiller, head of App Store and events, would joinOpenAI Board of Directors, thereby deepening the cooperative relationship between each other.
Get news from Bloomberg NewsPhil Schiller joined the OpenAI board of directors only as an observer, without any actual voting power or being elected as chairman.
Considering that Apple executives have rarely joined the boards of partner companies in the past, the news that Phil Schiller has joined the OpenAI board further highlights the importance of the partnership with OpenAI to Apple.
Currently, the cooperation between Apple and OpenAI does not involve any financial transactions, but Apple seems to be taking part of the revenue through subscriptions to services such as ChatGPT Plus that will be included in the "Apple Intelligence" service in the future.
In addition to Apple, Microsoft has previously acquired a non-voting board seat at OpenAI, which was joined by Dee Templeton, vice president of partnerships and operations for the technology and research department. Microsoft also maintains a deep cooperative relationship with OpenAI and observes OpenAI's actual operating model by obtaining a board seat.
