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OpenAI has poached another Apple executive for its hardware division

AppleInsider • Fri, 26 Jun 2026

Apple has lost yet another upper-level executive to OpenAI, this time Paul Meade from its Vision Products Group. ChatGPT Logo Longtime Apple executive Paul Meade, known for his work on the Apple Vision Pro, is reportedly leaving Cupertino for Mission Bay. There, he'll join OpenAI alongside fellow Apple alumni Jony Ive, Tang Tan, and Evans Hankey. According to Bloomberg, the vice president of hardware engineering for the Vision Products Group is set to depart for OpenAI at some point in the next week. He'll start working at OpenAI's hardware unit on OpenAI's upcoming line of AI-powered devices. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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Apple has lost yet another upper-level executive to OpenAI, this time Paul Meade from its Vision Products Group.

ChatGPT Logo Longtime Apple executive Paul Meade, known for his work on the Apple Vision Pro, is reportedly leaving Cupertino for Mission Bay.

There, he'll join OpenAI alongside fellow Apple alumni Jony Ive, Tang Tan, and Evans Hankey.

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