Jony Ive, the celebrated former Apple industrial design maven behind the look of the iPhone, iPad and other of the technology giant's products, has joined OpenAI as part of a $6.5 billion deal that will merge's Ive's startup with Sam Altman's company.

Ive will help the artificial intelligence company, which developed ChatGPT, launch devices with generative AI capability, according to a video posted on OpenAI's X account on Wednesday.

As part of the deal, OpenAI announced it will acquire with Ive's startup io, according to a statement posted by OpenAI. Ive and his startup team will lead design efforts at the AI company.

"Two years ago, Jony and I started talking about what the future of AI and new kinds of computers was going to look like," Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said in the video.

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