OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io have eliminated all public particulars of the latter’s acquisition. The much-hyped video asserting the acquisition can also be not dwell on YouTube. Opposite to rumors, this isn’t because of the deal between the 2 firms falling by.
The problem stems from a trademark dispute over the title ‘io,’ utilized by Jony Ive’s agency.
OpenAI scrubs Jony Ive deal after court docket order
On Could 21, 2025, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, the corporate behind ChatGPT, introduced a $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive’s io. The announcement was made by an extended video, by which each Sam Altman and Ive gushed over one another. In addition they teased their upcoming AI machine, which gained’t be a smartphone.
“The merchandise that we’re utilizing to ship and join us to unimaginable expertise, they’re a long time previous,” Ive says within the video. “Yeah, and so it’s simply frequent sense to no less than assume absolutely there’s one thing past these legacy merchandise.”
The AI-powered gadgets could reportedly debut in 2026.
However earlier than that, the 2 firms should resolve one other downside. A trademark dispute filed by iYo, a listening to startup spun out of Google — together with a subsequent court docket order — pressured OpenAI to take down all public content material associated to the announcement.
Nonetheless, this lawsuit gained’t have any impact on OpenAI’s acquisition of Jony Ive’s agency.
In an announcement to The Verge, OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wooden stated, “This web page is quickly down attributable to a court docket order following a trademark grievance from iyO about our use of the title ‘io.’ We don’t agree with the grievance and are reviewing our choices.”
This web page is quickly down attributable to a court docket order following a trademark grievance from iyO about our use of the title “io.” We don’t agree with the grievance and are reviewing our choices.https://t.co/suwMRPTHqB
— OpenAI Newsroom (@OpenAINewsroom) June 22, 2025
In one other assertion to Bloomberg, a Jony Ive spokesperson stated, “That is an totally baseless grievance and we’ll battle it vigorously.”
So, even when the lawsuit doesn’t go Jony Ive’s means, the take care of OpenAI will nonetheless stand.
