Tech's past and future walk into a San Francisco cafe. That's the conceit behind a new video starring legendary Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who on Wednesday announced a $6.5 billion deal that will see the ChatGPT-maker gobble up Ive's nascent device startup.

Sam Altman’s OpenAI, the company behind global phenomenon ChatGPT, has made a groundbreaking AUD $9.9 billion purchase, acquiring a fledgling devices company started by a former iPhone designer — a deal that was announced with much aplomb by the two tech founders.

The contest in Silicon Valley to dominate artificial intelligence is playing out on a new court: superstar researchers.

“Now that the Company has a new plan, I intend to review it for compliance with Delaware law by ensuring that it accords with OpenAI’s charitable purpose and that the non-profit entity retains appropriate control over the for-profit entity,” she said then.