Paul Meade, who oversees development of Vision Pro and Apple’s upcoming smart glasses, is leaving Apple for OpenAI, reports Bloomberg.
Meade took over as CEO of Apple’s Vision Products group when Vision Pro chief Mike Rockwell took charge of the Siri AI upgrade. He previously led the Vision Pro hardware engineering team, and before that he was part of the iPad and iPhone teams. Meade has been with Apple since 2010 and has been with Vision Products Group since 2017.
Most recently, Meade oversaw the development of the AI smart glasses that Apple is preparing to compete with Meta Ray-Bans, and also led the team working on future augmented reality glasses.
Meade will leave Apple next week and join OpenAI’s hardware unit to work on AI devices. Fletcher Rothkopf, who leads the product design function for Vision Pro and smart glasses, will succeed Meade. Meade’s decision to leave is the result of leadership changes at Apple as John Ternus prepares to take over as CEO. Johny Srouji, Apple’s head of chips, is taking Ternus’ role as chief hardware officer, and the reorganization has upset some hardware executives.
Former Apple employees Jony Ive, Tang Tan and Evans Hankey are also present at OpenAI, among others.
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