Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex
OpenAI is officially entering the hardware market with the launch of a $230 light-up keyboard designed to pair with its AI coding assistant, Codex. OpenAI...
Key points
- OpenAI is officially entering the hardware market with the launch of a $230 light-up keyboard designed to pair with its AI coding assistant, Codex.
- OpenAI told TechCrunch in an email that the Micro is a limited-run collaboration, signaling that it’s more of a novelty item than a product designed for mass appeal.
- It seems like a flashy bauble designed to herald the company’s entrance into the hardware market.
- A yet-to-be-released OpenAI device that Bloomberg revealed sounds like it is being designed for the long haul.
What happened
OpenAI is officially entering the hardware market with the launch of a $230 light-up keyboard designed to pair with its AI coding assistant, Codex. OpenAI told TechCrunch in an email that the Micro is a limited-run collaboration, signaling that it’s more of a novelty item than a product designed for mass appeal. It seems like a flashy bauble designed to herald the company’s entrance into the hardware market. A yet-to-be-released OpenAI device that Bloomberg revealed sounds like it is being designed for the long haul. This new device is also reportedly being designed by former engineers from Apple — a company that is currently suing OpenAI for trade theft. Apple last week sued OpenAI, accusing the company’s senior leadership of a deliberate strategy to extract its confidential information; it alleges OpenAI used that information in developing its own hardware device.