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Paul Meade, the Apple vice president in charge of the Vision Pro headset, is leaving the company to join OpenAI\u2019s hardware team, according to Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meade also reportedly led the development of the AI-powered smart glasses that Apple plans to launch next year<\/a>. The costly Vision Pro was not a hit, but Apple is hoping that more affordable smart glasses will help it compete with wearable devices from Meta<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gurman frames this departure as a byproduct of John Ternus\u2019 imminent elevation to Apple CEO<\/a>, and of Ternus\u2019 decision to shake up the hardware engineering team, which left some of the company\u2019s vice presidents feeling like they\u2019d been demoted.<\/p>\n OpenAI, meanwhile, is already working with Apple\u2019s former chief design officer Jony Ive on an AI device that CEO Sam Altman has claimed will be more peaceful and calm than an iPhone<\/a>, though reports last fall suggested the company was struggling to get the details right<\/a>.<\/p>\n TechCrunch has reached out to Apple and OpenAI for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n