OpenAI and Jony Ive remove ‘io’ branding over trademark lawsuit dispute

OpenAI and Jony Ive remove ‘io’ branding over trademark lawsuit dispute

OpenAI has quietly removed mention of io, the hardware startup co-founded by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive, from its website and social media channels just weeks after announcing the $6.5 billion deal. The sudden absence of promotional materials has sparked concerns about whether OpenAI has put the deal on hold. However, OpenAI says it remains […]

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OpenAI and Jony Ive remove ‘io’ branding over trademark lawsuit dispute

OpenAI buys iPhone designer Ive’s hardware startup, names him creative head

OpenAI is buying Jony Ive’s startup io Products in a $6.5 billion deal and will bring the chief designer of early iPhones on board as creative head to develop devices tailored for the generative artificial intelligence era. LoveFrom, the design firm founded by Ive after leaving Apple, has been working with OpenAI for two years […]

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Apple ends consulting agreement with Jony Ive, its former design leader

Apple ends consulting agreement with Jony Ive, its former design leader

When Jony Ive, Apple’s influential design leader, exited the company in 2019, Tim Cook, its chief executive, reassured customers that Ive, the man who gave the world candy-colored computers, would work exclusively with the company for many years. Not anymore. Ive and Apple have agreed to stop working together, according to two people with knowledge […]

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