OpenAI has signed a manufacturing agreement with Luxshare to build its first consumer hardware product, according to a new report from data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=92X1584492&xcust=tomshardware_us_8576386036683073600&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theinformation.com%2Farticles%2Fopenai-raids-apple-hardware-talent-manufacturing-partners&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2Ftech-industry%2Fopenai-reportedly-poaching-apple-talent-to-build-first-consumer-device” data-url=”https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-raids-apple-hardware-talent-manufacturing-partners” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” rel=”sponsored noopener” data-hl-processed=”skimlinks” data-placeholder-url=”https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=92X1584492&xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theinformation.com%2Farticles%2Fopenai-raids-apple-hardware-talent-manufacturing-partners&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2Ftech-industry%2Fopenai-reportedly-poaching-apple-talent-to-build-first-consumer-device” data-google-interstitial=”false” data-merchant-name=”theinformation.com” data-merchant-network=”SkimLinks”>The Information. The device — described by suppliers as something that resembles a screenless smart speaker (in other words, an Alexa-adjacent device) — is part of a broader data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/jony-ive-confirms-he-is-working-on-an-openai-hardware-design-project” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/jony-ive-confirms-he-is-working-on-an-openai-hardware-design-project”>push into hardware that also includes exploratory work on glasses, a wearable pin, and a digital voice recorder. Sources familiar with the roadmap say OpenAI is targeting a late 2026 or early…
