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OpenAI’s CFO Teases Their First Device

June 17, 2026 / 01:24

This episode discusses the future of technology, specifically focusing on multi-modality in AI and a new consumer substrate. Guests Chamath Palihapitiya and Jony Ive share insights on their innovative projects.

Chamath Palihapitiya discusses the shift towards multi-modality in technology, emphasizing the need for real-time computing as users interact with AI tools like Codex. He expresses concern about society's reliance on thumb-based communication.

Jony Ive talks about a new device they developed, which he describes as having a human touch. He compares the experience of using it to the first time someone used an iPhone, highlighting its seamless and lovable design.

The conversation touches on the emotional connection users can have with technology, and how great design can make devices feel more intimate and natural.

TLDR

Chamath Palihapitiya and Jony Ive discuss the future of AI and a new device emphasizing human connection.

Episode

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We're changing into a consumer substrate that I cannot tell you what it is, but by the end of this year, we will unveil
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it early next year. I have seen it. I've tried it. And you start to think about where AI is taking
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us into more multi-modality. So, remember, we've all been taught by the last generation of technology to talk
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with our thumbs. It's a disease. You walk around, everyone's looking down, they don't look up anymore.
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Multi-modality is here. You're talking to your tool. I talk to Codex every day. And so that is changing rapidly, but
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that is going to need much more kind of real-time compute cuz it's an odd experience. If I was talking to Chamath
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>> Well, and you developed with Jony Ive this puck with zero ear pieces. So, maybe tell us a little bit about that
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project. You When you used it, was it like having an iPhone for the first time? >> It's very
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What Jony and team are really good at is bringing humanity to devices. And I don't really know how to explain that
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well, but when you see it, you feel it. >> natural in some way. >> very natural, but it feels very lovable.
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>> Really? >> And I can't really explain what that emotion is cuz so much >> Intimate in some way in terms of
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>> Cuz technology >> your phone out and it's it's seamless is what I've heard from people who played
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with it. >> is very um can be very mechanistic, but we all know great design just makes
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everything fade away.

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Episode Highlights

  • The Lovable Device
    Jony Ive's design brings a sense of humanity to technology, making it feel intimate.
    “It feels very lovable.”
    @ 01m 05s
    June 17, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • Multi-modality is here. You're talking to your tool.
    OpenAI’s CFO Teases Their First Device
  • When you see it, you feel it.
    OpenAI’s CFO Teases Their First Device
  • It feels very lovable.
    OpenAI’s CFO Teases Their First Device
  • Great design just makes everything fade away.
    OpenAI’s CFO Teases Their First Device

Key Moments

  • Multi-modality00:26
  • Intimate Technology00:57
  • Seamless Experience01:12