<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>OpenAI and Jony Ive's startup, io, have officially merged in a deal valued at $6.5 billion.</li><li>Jony Ive's LoveFrom design studio remains independent, while io's co-founders and around 50 other employees are now part of OpenAI.</li><li>The merged companies are collaborating on a family of AI products. Their first product is expected to be unobtrusive, portable, and aware of surroundings, but not a phone or glasses.</li><li>Jony Ive, known for his work at Apple, left the company in 2019 to establish LoveFrom, signaling a new direction in his career.</li></ul>

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