According to TheRundownAI, OpenAI readies a $400 donut-shaped voice AI to rival Alexa, signaling new smart home opportunities, per The Rundown AI.

According to TheRundownAI, Bloomberg says OpenAI is planning a mobile, screen-free smart speaker as a humanlike AI home companion.

According to The Rundown AI, OpenAI’s first hardware product will reportedly be a smart speaker designed by Jony Ive, priced at $200–$300, featuring a built-in camera and Face ID-like facial recognition for purchases, with shipments targeted for early 2027; as reported by The Information, the device aims to integrate OpenAI’s conversational models into a home assistant form factor, signaling a push into monetizing AI agents through consumer hardware and on-device inference opportunities.