TL; Dr.
- A blog post has been taken down, announcing the $ 6.5B of Openai of Joni IVE’s hardware startup “IO” due to a court order from a trademark complaint by a company called IYO.
- Openai clarified that despite speculation, partnership with IVE is still on, and the name is searching for options about the controversy.
- Iyo, which already sells the AI-operated “audio computer”, claims that the name “IO” violates their trademarks.
A court order triggered by a trademark complaint has suddenly disappeared with veteran Apple designer Johnny Eve’s much awaited Hardware venture in Openai. A blog post Once the Openai’s website was pulled out on the website without warning, in short a 404 error (H/t) Max venbackNaturally, there was speculation that Sam Altman’s partnership between Openai and Eveh had separated. But the company has since made it clear that it is not so.
Now in a notice posted on its website, Openai says that the blog post was “taken down due to a court order after a trademark complaint from IYO about our use called” IO “, announcing a deal of $ 6.5 billion between Ive’s startup” IO “and Openai. We do not agree with the complaint and are reviewing our options. ,
ALTMAN and IVE’s now-first blog post said: “IO team focuses on developing products that inspire, empowered and enable, now merging with OpenAI to work more intimately with research, engineering and product teams in San Francisco.”
So who is IyoIt is a company that has already made an AI device capable of running the natural language app, think now-difper. Human AI PinThe company calls its device a “audio computer”, but at its core, it is basically an AI-managed earbud.
Now we have to wait and see who wins the rights of the name “IO” and if Openai and IVE will be forced to rebrand due to trial.
