Paul Meade, a vice president who led hardware engineering for Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Vision Pro headset and smart glasses division, is reportedly set to join OpenAI's hardware unit by next week.
Meade will contribute to OpenAI's upcoming AI-powered device lineup, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources.
Costly Exit Amid Internal Restructuring Meade spent seven years heading Vision Pro hardware engineering and overseeing the development of display-free AI smart glasses intended to rival Meta's (NASDAQ:META) growing wearables lineup.
His departure follows a broader restructuring under Apple's new chief hardware officer, Johny Srouji.
According to Bloomberg, Srouji initiated a controversial shake-up of Apple's hardware engineering unit in recent weeks.
