Jony Ive, the famed designer who joined Steve Jobs to develop Apple’s most popular products, will now curate new devices for OpenAI after his startup was acquired by Sam Altman’s firm earlier this week,

Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Investors were happy about the hefty returns they got from the sale of io to OpenAI.

AI gadgets are back, baby! Or that’s what Jony Ive and Sam Altman hope. Well, they may not really hope they’re back as much as they hope they’re not completely and utterly cooked. ICYMI, Ive and OpenAI’s CEO,

With the intent to completely change the consumer electronics landscape, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly shared plans to launch 100 million AI-powered devices designed in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive. The announcement follows OpenAI’s acquisition of io, an AI startup co-founded by Ive, said to be valued at $6.5 billion .

Jony Ive and Sam Altman are teaming up to make AI hardware.They aren't giving too many clues about what it would be like, but probably screen-free, and not a phone.Please, I beg you, Jony and Sam: Do not make me talk to a device in public.

Well-funded and big-name partnerships often end in failure. And ex-Apple employees don’t have a great record of success.