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OpenAI’s $6.5B hardware bet with Jony Ive faces Apple lawsuit risk
Sam Altman and Jony Ive plan ChatGPT hardware, but a new Apple lawsuit could stall production and threaten the $6.5B investment.
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Sam Altman’s plan to spend $6.5 billion building ChatGPT hardware with Jony Ive just hit a legal speed bump that matters to Apple investors. Fortune’s Emily Forlini walks through a new, scorched-earth lawsuit from Apple that could stall design work, force redesigns, or push manufacturing timelines back well before a single product ships. If OpenAI’s hardware depends on design moves tied to Apple’s past, the dispute turns a headline partnership into an operational and reputational risk for Apple and the broader AI-hardware supply chain.