OpenAI executive Chris Lehane says the startup is “on track” to unveil its first device in H2 2026; reports suggest it won't have a screen and may be a wearable

OpenAI is “on track” to unveil its first device in the second half of 2026, the company's policy chief, Chris Lehane, said Monday at Axios House Davos.

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@inafried Ina Fried on x
New @axios from Davos: OpenAI plan to debut first device late this year, Chris Lehane told me in an interview at Axios House
@markgurman Mark Gurman on x
@DeItaone This is what they've said since the beginning though
@morqon Morgan on x
a modest update on “less than” two years, which still aligns with a limited debut late this year ramping to mass production by summer 2027 [image]
@signulll @signulll on x
if openai's serious about ai earbuds as a flagship product, they're walking straight into the same wall every non airpods earbud has hit for a decade which is that pairing & unpairing is still a nightmare, os level integration is nonexistent, & you're permanently at the mercy of …
@inafried Ina Fried on x
Lehane wouldn't say whether it would actually ship this year or whether it would be a pin, earpiece or something else entirely.
@rikferguson.com Rik Ferguson on bluesky
There's advertising, there's devices... It's almost as if AI is not a product in itself. Who'd have thought? — Here comes the pin... [embedded post]

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OpenAI executive Chris Lehane says the startup is “on track” to unveil its first device in H2 2026; reports suggest it won't have a screen and may be a wearable

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