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Kevin Okemwa

OpenAI’s $6.5 billion purchase fuels Sam Altman’s quest to build next-gen computers for “transcendentally good” AI — The biggest tech disruption since the iPhone?

Jony Ive (left) and Sam Altman (right) photographed in black in white with money and stock counts in the background.

After a few months of negotiations, OpenAI has finally closed its $6.5 billion deal to acquire former Apple designer Jony Ive's AI device startup, io. This counts as OpenAI's largest acquisition so far, with the impending $3 billion Windsurf acquisition coming in at a distant second.

The ChatGPT maker updated its previous blog post announcing its plan to work closely with Jony Ive to develop AI hardware and buy his company with the following message:

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