Apple Vision Pro VP Paul Meade leaves for OpenAI's hardware team amid leadership shakeup
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Apple VP Paul Meade, who led the Vision Pro headset and reportedly oversaw development of Apple's upcoming AI-powered smart glasses, is leaving the company to join OpenAI's hardware team. The departure is framed as a result of John Ternus' expected promotion to Apple CEO and his restructuring of the hardware engineering team. The Vision Pro was not a commercial success, and Apple is betting on more affordable smart glasses to compete with Meta's wearable devices.
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· 3 pulledPaul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is leaving the company to join OpenAI's hardware team, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
The costly Vision Pro was not a hit, but Apple is hoping that more affordable smart glasses will help it compete with wearable devices from Meta.
Gurman frames this departure as a byproduct of John Ternus' imminent elevation to Apple CEO, and of Ternus' decision to shake up the hardware engineering team.
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