--- title: OpenAI is ruthless... | daily.dev description: A Google-backed AI hardware startup called IO is suing OpenAI's newly acquired company (also named IO) for trademark infringement. The lawsuit alleges that Sam... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-ruthless--aesu8jjym twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI is ruthless... | daily.dev og:description: A Google-backed AI hardware startup called IO is suing OpenAI's newly acquired company (also named IO) for trademark infringement. The lawsuit alleges that Sam... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-ruthless--aesu8jjym og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AeSu8JjYM.png og:image:alt: OpenAI is ruthless... og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI is ruthless... **[Fireship](https://daily.dev/sources/fireship)** · 3 min read · 31 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A Google-backed AI hardware startup called IO is suing OpenAI's newly acquired company (also named IO) for trademark infringement. The lawsuit alleges that Sam Altman and Johnny Ive's team met with the original IO company multiple times, viewed their technology demos, declined investment opportunities, but then proceeded to develop competing voice-controlled AI hardware under the same name. The case highlights the competitive tensions between OpenAI and Google in the AI hardware space, where previous attempts like Rabbit and Humane Pin have struggled to gain market traction. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@qwertydiy** · 2 upvotes > The next battle in this war. 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