OpenAI has just made the best acquisition, collecting Jony Ive and the secret to start out the device Sam Altman, IO, in a contract with a whole price $ 6.5 billion. Ive, the legendary iPhone designer and other iconic Apple products, will now conduct creative and design work at Openai through his company Lovefrom. Objective? To take artificial intelligence “outside the screen” and build a latest generation of consumer devices powered by artificial intelligence.
In addition to technology, there is a clear narrative game here. OpenAi frames Altman as a visionary in the variety of Jobs and Ive as a design genius that actually does it. Social media had a day in the field with staged duo shots, but sending messages is difficult to miss: take the premiere of the iPhone and make AI.
Today, in Podcastie Equity TechCrunch, guests Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff and Anthony Ha unpack the contract, immerse themselves in AI wearing devices and discuss more technological headline this week.
Listen to the full episode to listen to:
- Max’s Inside Scoop with Google I/O: Return Google Glass and programmers’ reactions to AI Google driven search updates
- Luminar drama, from exemptions to CEO Downs and potential efforts to lift funds in the amount of $ 200 million Lidar Startup
- 23andme’s Second Life and what the latest buyer plans to do with DNA DNA data
Capital will return next week, so don’t miss it!