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Operating Status: Acquired

io was an AI hardware product startup founded by Jony Ive and acquired by OpenAI.

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San Francisco, CA, US
Founded
2024
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io was a secretive artificial-intelligence hardware company assembled in San Francisco by former Apple industrial-design leaders, among them Jony Ive, Scott Cannon, Evans Hankey and Tang Tan. Working closely with OpenAI and with Ive's independent studio LoveFrom, the team designed AI-native consumer devices intended to move computing beyond the screen.

OpenAI announced an all-stock acquisition of io in May 2025 and completed it that July, folding the io product and engineering team into OpenAI's hardware organisation while Ive and LoveFrom remained independent. A trademark injunction over the io name, and later trade-secret litigation with Apple, followed the deal, and the company's first device was still unreleased when the merger closed.

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io - Quick Facts

Who are io's competitors?

Companies similar to io include Epic IO Technologies, I/O T-shirt, i.am+ and Humane.

When was io founded?

io was founded in 2024.

Where is io's headquarters located?

io's headquarters is located in San Francisco, CA, US.

When was io's last funding round?

io's most recent funding round was for $6.5B (USD) in May 2025.

How much has io raised to-date?

As of May 21, 2025, io has raised a total of $6.5B (USD).

io - Classification

Technology
  • Hardware
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  • AI Hardware