Apple's Vision Pro Chief Jumps Ship to OpenAI
Paul Meade, who led Apple's Vision Pro and smart glasses projects, is departing for OpenAI's AI device efforts.
Apple just lost the person running its most ambitious hardware bets. Paul Meade, the company's top executive overseeing the Vision Pro headset and its smart glasses initiatives, is leaving for OpenAI.
At OpenAI, Meade will work on the company's AI-powered devices. The move signals OpenAI's growing seriousness about building physical products to complement its AI models.
For Apple, it's a significant departure. Meade sat at the helm of both the Vision Pro — Apple's mixed-reality headset — and whatever smart glasses the company has been cooking up. Losing that leadership to a direct competitor in the AI race stings.
For OpenAI, snagging a seasoned Apple hardware leader is a serious talent grab as the company pushes deeper into consumer-facing AI devices.