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Kaustubh Bagalkote

Apple's Data Center Chief Joins OpenAI As Sam Altman, Jony Ive Team Up In $6.4 Billion 'io' Deal

Apple

OpenAI Inc. has recruited Apple Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) director of data center engineering as the artificial intelligence company bolsters its physical infrastructure capabilities amid a $6.4 billion acquisition of designer Jony Ive’s hardware startup.

What Happened: Spas Lazarov, who spent nearly 11 years at Apple overseeing data center operations across North America, Europe, and Asia, joined OpenAI as a technical staff member, according to a Wednesday announcement by OpenAI President Greg Brockman on X. Brockman confirmed the company is “building out our physical infrastructure team” with multiple new hires.

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