There aren’t many details on the project. Ive reportedly met Altman through Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, a joint venture between Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs’ company Emerson Collective ) funding. this era The report said the company may raise $1 billion in funding by the end of the year, but did not mention SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, who was rumored to have invested $1 billion in the project last year.
The project currently has only 10 employees, but they include Tang Tan and Evans Hankey, two key figures who worked with Ive on developing the iPhone. Ive’s company LoveFrom is reportedly leading the design of the device. The team is reportedly currently working out of a 32,000-square-foot office building in San Francisco that is part of a $90 million estate Ive purchased in a neighborhood.
As for the device itself? this era said Ivey and Altman discussed how “generative artificial intelligence will make it possible to create new computing devices because the technology can do more for users than traditional software” due to its ability to handle complex requests. Last year there were rumors that it was inspired by touch screen technology and the original iPhone.
But it sounds like few details are certain. LoveFrom co-founder Marc Newson told era Artificial intelligence products—and when they will come to market—are still being researched.
