An OpenAI gadget could eat into the markets of Apple and others by offering a new way for people to interact with AI.

OpenAI isn’t content with just being the company behind ChatGPT, and it increasingly looks like it’s quietly setting itself up to compete in hardware too. Recent reports reveal that Sam Altman’s team has been pulling talent from Apple’s design and engineering ranks,

OpenAI has signed a manufacturing agreement with Luxshare to build its first consumer hardware product, according to a report by The Information on September 19.

R eports indicate that OpenAI is making a push into the hardware space. The company has expressed interest in such a move for some time. While more specific details about potential hardware products are still lacking,

First it was Meta luring away Apple employees; now it’s OpenAI. The company is considering making smart speakers, smart glasses, a digital voice recorder, and a wearable pin, according to The Information (a subscription is required to read the article).

AI firm OpenAI is looking to move into hardware, and to do that, it has been poaching talent from tech giant Apple

OpenAI is going after some of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) hardware designers and even its manufacturing partners, as the ChatGPT maker prepares to launch its own devices, The Information reported. The Sam Altman-led OpenAI has hired some of Apple's design,

OpenAI reportedly plans to launch its first consumer device in late 2026 or early 2027. The Information today cited sources as saying that the ChatGPT developer has poached dozens of Apple Inc. employees to support its product development effort.