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Apple’s Vision Pro and Smart Glasses Chief to Join OpenAI

Apple’s Vision Pro and Smart Glasses Chief to Join OpenAI
Bloomberg Technology Friday 26 June 2026, 19:22 UTC By Mark Gurman 1 min read
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Apple’s Vision Pro and Smart Glasses Chief to Join OpenAI Apple Inc.’s top executive in charge of the Vision Pro headset and the company’s smart glasses efforts is leaving for OpenAI, continuing a streak of high-profile defections to rivals in the artificial intelligence and hardware sectors. Paul Meade, a vice president, is set to leave Apple by next week and will then start at OpenAI’s hardware unit, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Meade will work on OpenAI’s upcoming...

Apple’s Vision Pro and Smart Glasses Chief to Join OpenAI Apple Inc.’s top executive in charge of the Vision Pro headset and the company’s smart glasses efforts is leaving for OpenAI, continuing a streak of high-profile defections to rivals in the artificial intelligence and hardware sectors. Paul Meade, a vice president, is set to leave Apple by next week and will then start at OpenAI’s hardware unit, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Meade will work on OpenAI’s upcoming family of AI-powered devices, said the people, who declined to be named discussing unannounced personnel moves.
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