Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s Podcast Fiasco: A $6.5 Billion Mystery

When OpenAI announced its $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive’s AI hardware startup, IO, the tech world braced itself for something extraordinary. After all, this was a union between Sam Altman, the poster child of generative AI, and Jony Ive, the design wizard who gave us the iPhone. Expectations were sky-high. But then came the podcast—a nine-minute video that was supposed to introduce IO to the world. Instead, it left viewers scratching their heads, wondering if they had just witnessed the most expensive tech hype video ever made or a masterclass in saying absolutely nothing.