Gurman: Tang Tan, Apple’s Departing VP of iPhone and Watch Design, to Join LoveFrom to Work on ‘AI Hardware’ With OpenAI
Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg:
Legendary designer Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are enlisting
an Apple Inc. veteran to work on a new artificial intelligence
hardware project, aiming to create devices with the latest
capabilities.
As part of the effort, outgoing Apple executive Tang Tan will join
Ive’s design firm LoveFrom, which will shape the look and
capabilities of the new products, according to people familiar
with the matter. Altman, an executive who has become the face of
modern AI, plans to provide the software underpinnings, said the
people, who asked not to be identified because the endeavor isn’t
public. […]
Tan will lead hardware engineering at the project while working at
LoveFrom, the people said. Bloomberg News previously
reported that the executive was stepping down as Apple’s
vice president of iPhone and watch product design. He isn’t slated
to depart until February, though his responsibilities were already
divided up this month.
“Aiming to create devices with the latest capabilities” is an empty description, but the overall dynamic is interesting nonetheless.
In all, more than 20 former Apple employees have joined the design
firm. […] Shota Aoyagi, another member of Ive’s storied
industrial design team at Apple, has also exited. He just started
at LoveFrom.
More designers from Ive’s team at Apple now work at LoveFrom than remain at Apple.
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Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg:
Legendary designer Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman are enlisting
an Apple Inc. veteran to work on a new artificial intelligence
hardware project, aiming to create devices with the latest
capabilities.
As part of the effort, outgoing Apple executive Tang Tan will join
Ive’s design firm LoveFrom, which will shape the look and
capabilities of the new products, according to people familiar
with the matter. Altman, an executive who has become the face of
modern AI, plans to provide the software underpinnings, said the
people, who asked not to be identified because the endeavor isn’t
public. […]
Tan will lead hardware engineering at the project while working at
LoveFrom, the people said. Bloomberg News previously
reported that the executive was stepping down as Apple’s
vice president of iPhone and watch product design. He isn’t slated
to depart until February, though his responsibilities were already
divided up this month.
“Aiming to create devices with the latest capabilities” is an empty description, but the overall dynamic is interesting nonetheless.
In all, more than 20 former Apple employees have joined the design
firm. […] Shota Aoyagi, another member of Ive’s storied
industrial design team at Apple, has also exited. He just started
at LoveFrom.
More designers from Ive’s team at Apple now work at LoveFrom than remain at Apple.