OpenAI + Jony Ive, Claude 4 Released, Google Launches Veo 3, LMArena Raises $100M, and India’s Multilingual LLM

OpenAI's long rumored partnership with Jony Ive is official, Anthropic releases Claude 4, Google launches Veo 3, LLMArena raises $100 million from a16z, and Sarvam's LLM for India's languages

OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive’s io for $6.5B to Blend AI with Hardware

OpenAI announced their acquisition of io, the hardware startup founded by Apple design legend Jony Ive, for $6.5 billion on May 21, 2025.

The deal will integrate io’s design expertise with OpenAI’s AI research to create AI-driven physical devices. io’s team will merge with OpenAI’s San Fran…