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OpenAI Leaders Sam Altman and Jony Ive Have a Prototype of Screenless AI Device


(Left to right) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and designer Jony Ive, who are working on an AI hardware device, were interviewed by Laurene Powell Jobs at Emerson Collective Demo Day 25 in San Francisco on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Barbara Kinney/Emerson Collective

Famed former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been working in secret on a screenless device that uses artificial intelligence technology. But what does it look like? How does it work? We still don't know, but the two dropped a few hints recently.

Ive and Altman, who merged the company IO Products with OpenAI as they work on the project, shared more details about their plans Friday at a conference hosted by Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective, a philanthropic investment firm.

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