OpenAI set to get into the smart home sector with $300 doughnut-shaped puck

OpenAI is reportedly looking to launch the product in 2027, marketing it as an AI-first computer that can help users check things off their to-do lists throughout the day.

The ChatGPT maker is reportedly working on a small, portable AI smart speaker, but it better not look too much like Apple’s designs.

We’ve got a new vision for the next great piece of AI hardware—and it (allegedly) is going to look a lot like a donut. Details about OpenAI’s first piece of hardware, designed by Jony Ive’s LoveFrom studio, are emerging. According to Bloomberg, the device will be a smart speaker with no display. It will be shaped like

Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.

OpenAI's screenless smart speaker will reportedly be shaped like a doughnut, and carry a price tag in the ballpark of $300.

The device will be positioned as an artificial intelligence-first computer that can help users get things done, people familiar with the matter said.

It would be an ambitiously high price for the AI-powered hardware pivot.

The AI device OpenAI is developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive is "essentially a smart speaker without a display" that's battery-powered, doughnut-shaped and roughly the size of a hockey puck, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The device, expected to launch in 2027 for a price over $300, reportedly