# OpenAI announces io team merger arrangement in 2025/5; team formally joins in month 7

On 2025/5/21, OpenAI announced cooperation and a merger arrangement with the io team founded by Jony Ive and others. An update on 7/9 said the team had formally joined. LoveFrom remained independent; the original USD 6.4 billion transaction amount still required a separate original price disclosure.



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English updated: 2026-10-16T00:03:31.126Z

## Connected profiles

- [OpenAI](/institutions/openai)
- [io](/companies/io)

## Sources

- https://openai.com/sam-and-jony/