As Jony Ive's AI startup is bought by OpenAI, he and investor Laurene Powell Jobs talk about collaboration, and how technology has damaged society as well as benefited it.Jony Ive
As Jony Ive's AI startup is bought by OpenAI, he and investor Laurene Powell Jobs talk about collaboration, and how technology has damaged society as well as benefited it.

Three people sitting on red chairs, engaged in conversation. The person on the left wears glasses and a leather jacket, the middle person in white, and the right person in black.
Jony Ive (center) and Laurene Powell Jobs (right) in 2022 — image credit: Recode

Jony Ive and Sam Altman's startup "io" was bought in May 2025 by Altman's OpenAI company, and is working on a new AI device. Prior to being bought, Laurene Powell Jobs invested in "io," and in a new Financial Times interview with both of them, Ive reveals that she has been crucial to his post-Apple work, including forming his own LoveFrom company.

"If it wasn't for Laurene," said Jony Ive, "there wouldn't be LoveFrom."


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