Quick Summary It looks like the first device from OpenAI and Sir Jony Ive could be a recognisably-shaped smart speaker, with a costs anywhere upward from $300. We've already spent months guessing what Sir Jony Ive's first hardware collaboration with OpenAI might turn out to be, but the latest leak has landed on something quite different from what we've previously thought. It's now claimed to be a smart speaker that sounds like it could be roughly the same size and shape as an (old) Amazon Echo Dot. What will be different about OpenAI's smart speaker? It's a pretty dramatic pivot from the wearable and earbud rumours that have swirled since OpenAI folded Ive's io startup into its hardware division back in May 2025.