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it home reported on september 22 that there was news in april this year that openai ceo sam altman teamed up with former apple design director jony ive to jointly design personal ai hardware and is currently seeking external investment.

yves himself confirmed this in an article published in the new york times on september 21.

the report said that ive met altman through airbnb ceo brian chesky, and the project was funded by emerson collective, a company owned by ive and laurene powell jobs (steve jobs' widow).

the report mentioned that by the end of this year,the new company may raise $1 billion(it home note: currently about 7.055 billion yuan) of funding, but the report 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 among them are tang tan and evans hankey, who were two key figures in developing the iphone with ive. as for what the product itself is, there were rumors last year that it was inspired by touchscreen technology and the original iphone, but this news has not been confirmed.

earlier this month, yves designed a modular jacket for italian luxury brand moncler that featured a new, super-clever magnetic clasp.

in addition, there are reports that ive will be in charge of the design of ferrari's first electric car.