Apple Vision Pro VP Paul Meade leaves for OpenAI's hardware team
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Anthony Ha
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Apple VP Paul Meade, who oversaw the Vision Pro headset and reportedly led development of Apple's upcoming AI-powered smart glasses, is leaving the company to join OpenAI's hardware team. The departure, reported by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, comes amid a broader hardware engineering shakeup tied to John Ternus' expected elevation to Apple CEO. The Vision Pro was a costly product that underperformed commercially, while 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.
Meade also reportedly led the development of the AI-powered smart glasses that Apple plans to launch next year.
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.
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