OpenAI will develop AI-specific hardware, CEO Sam Altman says

ChatGPT operator eyes biggest disruption in tech devices since iPhone

Sam Altman called on Japanese companies to participate in the $500 billion Stargate project to compete against China. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Suzu Takahashi and AP)

RYOTARO YAMADA

February 3, 2025 02:06 JST

PALO ALTO, California -- After taking the world by storm with ChatGPT, OpenAI is looking to develop an artificial intelligence-specific device -- a move that could bring the largest disruption to tech hardware since the 2007 launch of the iPhone.

"We hope to do it in partnership" with Jony Ive, a former chief design officer for Apple, OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman told Nikkei on Jan. 27. Altman is visiting Japan and plans to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday.