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OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s startup

plus, Zuckerberg’s weirdest giveaway yet

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What we’ll cover today:

🔻 Jony Ive + OpenAI = Apple’s worst nightmare

🔻 Meta’s new move: Pay startups to use Llama 🦙💸

🔻 Amazon’s AI now talks you into buying stuff 🛍️🎧

🔻 Google’s new tool makes movie trailers with AI 🎬

Source : Inc. Magazine

OpenAI just acquired io, the secret hardware startup built by ex-Apple legend Jony Ive and Sam Altman. Big design moves.

🚨 Breaking News:
OpenAI will now lead the next wave of AI hardware with Jony Ive + 55 ex-Apple designers joining full-time.

⚡Wire Simplified
• OpenAI bought io for $6.5B (in equity).
• Ive’s firm LoveFrom will lead OpenAI’s creative + hardware design.
• The goal? Build AI gadgets that go beyond screens.
• First product coming in 2026: possibly something straight out of Her.
• Apple’s stock dipped 2% after the news 👀

✔️Straight to the Point
OpenAI is going full Apple-mode, bringing Jony Ive onboard to make AI devices sexy. Watch out, iPhone.

🤖 Would you buy a hardware product made by OpenAI and Jony Ive?

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Source : TechCrunch

Meta is launching Llama for Startups, a new program to get small AI companies hooked on its Llama models.

🚨 Breaking News:
U.S. startups can now get $6K/month, expert help, and access to Llama AI tools if they apply before May 30.

⚡Wire Simplified
• Meta wants startups to adopt Llama fast, before Google and others steal the spotlight.
• You get funding + expert help to build with Llama.
• The offer is only for U.S. startups with <$10M raised.
• Llama 4’s launch was delayed due to performance drama.
• Meta is going big: $60B–$80B AI infra spend in 2025 😵

✔️Straight to the Point
Meta’s making it rain to stay ahead in the AI race — and startups get a sweet deal in the process.

💼 If you were building an AI startup, would you apply to Meta’s Llama program?

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Source : The Daily Upside

Amazon now has AI “shopping experts” who’ll talk to you about products. Yep, shopping just got chatty.

🚨 Breaking News:
Tap “Hear the highlights” in the Amazon app to get AI-powered audio summaries for complex product pages. Kind of wild.

⚡Wire Simplified
• AI reads out product info like a podcast, pulling data from reviews and the web.
• It’s being tested for now, only on select U.S. accounts.
• Good for multitaskers, confused buyers, and the lazy among us.
• Powered by large language models (like ChatGPT’s cousins).
• Could expand to more products and customers soon.

✔️Straight to the Point
Amazon wants your next shopping spree to sound like a podcast but is it helpful or just background noise?

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