Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is leaving the company to join OpenAI’s hardware team, According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Mead also reportedly led the development of AI-powered smart glasses Apple plans to launch next year. The expensive Vision Pro wasn’t a hit, but Apple hopes more affordable smart glasses will be a hit Help it compete with Meta’s wearable devices.
Gurman presents this departure as a byproduct John Ternes’ imminent promotion to Apple CEOAnd Ternus’ decision to shake up the hardware engineering team left some of the company’s vice presidents feeling like they had been demoted.
Meanwhile, OpenAI is already working with former Apple chief design officer Jony Ive on an AI device that CEO Sam Altman has claimed More peaceful and quiet than an iPhoneAlthough reports last fall showed that the company was struggling to get the details right.
TechCrunch has contacted Apple and OpenAI for comment.
