Overview

• The Information reports that Luxshare has a contract to assemble at least one OpenAI device, though neither company has confirmed the arrangement.
• OpenAI has also approached Goertek to supply components such as speaker modules for planned products, according to the same report.
• Sources describe an early prototype as pocket-size, contextually aware and screen-free, with additional concepts under discussion including a display‑less smart speaker, smart glasses, a digital voice recorder and a wearable pin.
• OpenAI has recruited more than two dozen Apple hardware staff this year, with reported hires including Cyrus Daniel Irani, Matt Theobald and Erik de Jong, drawn by large stock grants and promises of less bureaucracy.
• Analysts say the effort aims to create AI‑native devices tightly integrated with OpenAI’s models that could offer an alternative to smartphones, but many details remain unannounced and subject to change.