OpenAI’s First Hardware Device Slated to Appear This Year
A top OpenAI executive said the company is planning to introduce its first hardware device in the latter half of 2026.
In an interview with Axios at an event in Davos, Switzerland, Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, said the AI startup is “on track” to show the product later in the year. That timing is consistent with past messages from OpenAI about its first device.
OpenAI’s hardware devices will be the result of a collaboration between the company and Jony Ive, Apple’s former design chief. Last year, OpenAI acquired a device startup that Ive co-founded, io, though Ive still works for his independent design firm, LoveFrom. Lehane declined to discuss what type of device OpenAI’s first hardware product will be.