The Information websiteThe report pointed out,Jony Ive, former Apple design chiefThe company will collaborate with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to create a personal device powered by artificial intelligence and seek external funding.
There is not much information about this personal device yet, but it seems that it is not a smartphone, but more like a screenless artificial intelligence portable device created by Humane, a former Apple interface designer Imran Chaudhri and his wife Bethany Bongiorno.Hey Pin, and may also operate using OpenAI's artificial intelligence technology.
The news of the collaboration between Jony Ive and Sam Altman first came out last fall, but it was still in the early stages at that time. It seems that there has been a clear cooperation plan only recently. The company jointly established by the two parties will focus on new startup projects that apply artificial intelligence. At the same time, the goal is to raise up to US$10 billion in funds and negotiate financial cooperation with Softbank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son. Potential investors also include Thrive Capital and Emerson Collective, a venture capital company and charitable organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Jony Ive left Apple in 2019 and founded his own design company, LoveFrom. Although he continued to cooperate with Apple, reports indicate that Jony Ive terminated his partnership with Apple after 2022.
