OpenAI → io: $6.5B acquisition
OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's io for $6.5 billion. Full acquisition of io (AI devices) for about $6.5 billion, the largest in OpenAI's history; Jony Ive leads design. Closed on 09/07/2025.
This deal is 1% of everything OpenAI pays and 433% of everything io receives in this database.
- Date
- May 21, 2025
- Paid by
OpenAI- Received by
- io
- Type
- Acquisition
- Amount
- $6.5B
- Status
- closed
- Note
- in stock, closed 09/07/2025
Sources
All deals between OpenAI and io
- Dec 1, 2024 OpenAI → io · OpenAI buys 23% of io for $1.5 billion $1.5B
- May 21, 2025 OpenAI → io · OpenAI acquires Jony Ive's io for $6.5 billion $6.5B
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