Daring Fireball

Fred Vogelstein (Om’s partner at Crazy Stupid Tech):
We met a week later at his outdoor office — a bench in SF’s SouthPark. He told me that he was going emeritus at True Ventures, theVC firm, and that he was going to spend more of his time writing.
It was awesome to see him. Sitting on a bench with Om could bequasi religious. He talked so softly and deliberately that itforced you to slow down, lean in and forget about everything else....

Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg (paywalled, alas):
Apple was quickly alarmed by OpenAI’s recruiting drive, whichincluded poaching senior hardware and design leaders and ravagingseveral teams across its engineering organizations. The practicecontinued as recently as June, when OpenAI lured away Apple...

Drew Pusateri, director of communications at OpenAI, on Twitter/X (or XCancel):
Our statement in response to this suit: We have no interest inother companies’ trade secrets. We remain focused on buildinginnovative technology that empowers people everywhere....

Alex Heath, on Threads:
At WWDC, Apple execs I met with were ice-cold when I asked abouttheir OpenAI partnership.
Now we know why: Apple just sued OpenAI for allegedly stealingtrade secrets related to consumer hardware (Apple and OAI seniorleaders are in Sun Valley this week. Yikes!)...