The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies OpenAI: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
Overview
AI research and deployment company expanding into consumer hardware through its $6.5 billion acquisition of io (Jony Ive's hardware startup) in May 2025. OpenAI's first device, developed with Ive and LoveFrom, is targeting a late 2026 reveal — a screenless, pocket-sized AI companion with built-in cameras and microphones that gathers contextual awareness from its surroundings.
Bloomberg reports it will function as a screenless smart speaker controlling home appliances and answering questions via ChatGPT. A team of 200+ engineers is also developing smart glasses (2028) and additional AI-powered products. OpenAI aims to manufacture 100 million devices, with Qualcomm chips potentially powering the hardware.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Co-Founders
Design lead
Revenue
io acquisition
First device
Bloomberg report
Product roadmap
Manufacturing target
Chip partner
Financial stage
Micro keypad
Apple lawsuit
Hardware strategy
Data & sources
News coverage
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Claims ledger
Public, dated claims by OpenAI, each tracked against the evidence. Status is a DEPLOY assessment from primary sources: verified means an independent source confirms it; contradicted means one refutes it; open means the outcome is not yet determinable. Every entry keeps its verbatim quote and source so you can check the call yourself.
- OpenCapacity · claimed 2026-07-24
“OpenAI launched Micro, its first hardware product — a $230 AI keypad built with Work Louder featuring 6 agent keys + 6 command keys for ChatGPT/Codex, voice dictation, Bluetooth/USB connectivity.”
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg, citing sources: the device has mechanical elements that move and is designed to be portable.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg, citing sources: the device would have access to a user's digital life, drawing off things like emails. Designed for proactive learning.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg, citing sources: the device is designed to act as a "humanlike AI companion" within the home.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
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- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg, citing sources: OpenAI's first consumer device will be screen-free, designed as a humanlike AI companion that lives in the home.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg: the device is still currently under development. OpenAI has confirmed nothing about the device publicly. The device is expected by late 2026.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenTimeline · claimed 2026-07-14
“OpenAI officially confirmed plans to unveil AI-native hardware in the second half of 2026.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
- OpenCapability · claimed 2026-07-14
“Per Bloomberg: the project is led by Jony Ive with 400+ ex-Apple engineers after OpenAI acquired Ive's AI hardware startup io in a $6.5B deal.”
Anticipation claim — render-marked unverified, never alert.
Disagree with a status? OpenAI can submit a correction with evidence and we log the response on the record. Methodology and the full industry ledger live at /stats/claim-integrity.
Current leadership (2)
- Sam Altman CEO & Co-FounderSEC-verified
- Jony Ive Chief Design Lead (via io acquisition)SEC-verified
Founders (1)
- Sam Altmancofounder
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for OpenAI.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
OpenAI in third-party press
Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- AstroForge3 models
Partnerships (2)
- SoftBank Group x OpenAI investment with SoftBank Groupinvestment
- OpenAI x Neptune.ai (acquisition) with Neptune.aiinvestmentannounced
Patent litigations (1)
- apple-v-openai-trade-secrets-2026district_courtpending · pendingas respondent
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
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- Record createdJul 18, 2026
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Sources (1)
- TechCrunch – AI · https://techcrunch.com
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
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Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
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- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for OpenAI.Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- AstroForge3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning OpenAI from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
OpenAI leases 10-gigawatt AI data center campus from SoftBank’s SB Energy
OpenAI Group PBC today announced that it has signed a 20-year lease for a sprawling data center cluster in Ohio. The campus is being built on the premises of a former uranium…
Anthropic’s Revenue Surges as IPO Speculation Builds
Anthropic is telling prospective investors its second-quarter revenue jumped at least 14-fold versus the same period a year ago, according to documents seen by Bloomberg News.…
Odd Lots: Is There An AI Kill Switch If Things Go Wrong?
Last month, OpenAI confirmed that an unreleased model had hacked into Hugging Face in order to obtain answers to an exam it was given. Scenarios that used to play out in sci-fi…
Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project
Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.
Nvidia is not backing OpenAI’s rent. It is backing the buildings
A residual value guarantee is a promise about an object, not about a tenant. Someone builds a thing. Someone else rents it. A third party promises the thing itself will still be…
Nvidia Will Back First Phase of OpenAI Ohio Project With as Much as $105 Billion
Nvidia Corp. has agreed to spend as much as $105 billion to support a massive new data center campus in Ohio set to be leased by OpenAI, marking the latest tie-up between two…
What the OpenAI/Hugging Face Hack Really Tells Us About AI Danger
Scenarios that used to be the domain of sci-fi writers are coming true. We have machines that can talk. We have machines that are capable of ignoring the intent of their creators.…
서울 AI 허브, 피지컬 AI 해커톤 ‘토이톤(TOYTHON)’ 개최(8월22일)
서울 AI 허브가 OpenAI, NUCODE 등과 함께 생성형 AI와 하드웨어를 결합한 피지컬 AI 해커톤 'TOYTHON'을 8월 22일 개최한다.
Chinese AI company Zhipu claims its new model is a better bug-finder than Anthropic, OpenAI
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OpenAI reportedly disbanded its preparedness team
According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and…
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT feature logs your keystrokes and stores them in plain text
OpenAI has launched Computer History, a ChatGPT feature that records clicks, keystrokes, keyboard shortcuts and app switches on macOS to build a searchable memory. The memory…
Nvidia Reportedly In Talks To Invest Up To $3 Billion In SB Energy As $100 Billion OpenAI Data Center Financing Takes Shape
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest up to $3 billion in SB Energy, the SoftBank Group-backed energy and infrastructure company developing a massive planned data center campus…
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- Revision history: /companies/openai/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Roborock20 models
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- AstroForge3 models
Video
We’ve trained a pair of neural networks to solve the Rubik’s Cube with a human-like robot hand. Learn more: https://openai.com/blog/solving-rubiks-cube
A full solve of the Rubik’s Cube. This video plays at real-time and was not edited in any way. Learn more: https://openai.com/blog/solving-rubiks-cube/
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Incredible AI-based robots will be in households soon.
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OpenAI is no longer just building software — the company is now developing a real AGI-powered robot designed to work seamlessly with ChatGPT, and this breakthro
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Caitlin Kalinowski, the hardware and robotic engineering team leader at OpenAI, said Saturday she is leaving the company, writing in a social media post her cho
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Reality vs attention
OpenAI draws attention at the 99th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Broad public reach with 1.2M video views.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
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Last computed: Aug 18, 2026