Apple Vision Pro Hardware Chief Paul Meade Leaves for OpenAI's AI Device Unit
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Shalom Levytam
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Apple vice president Paul Meade, who led hardware engineering for the Vision Pro and future smart glasses, is leaving Apple to join OpenAI's hardware unit. He will work on a new family of AI-powered devices alongside former Apple design executives including Jony Ive, Tang Tan, and Evans Hankey. OpenAI recently acquired an AI hardware startup founded by Ive for $6.5 billion.
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Meade will start at OpenAI's hardware unit next week to work on a new family of AI-powered devices, according to Bloomberg.
The move reunites him with a growing roster of former Apple design executives.
OpenAI recently acquired an AI hardware startup founded by former Apple design chief Jony Ive for $6.5 billion.
Meade will work alongside Ive, former iPhone product design head Tang Tan, and former industrial design chief Evans Hankey.
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