IO designs, engineers and delivers data center infrastructure for the world’s largest enterprises, governments and service providers. IO owns and operates data centers for hundreds of customers, and has leveraged this experience to build a next-generation Data Center 2.0 cloud enabling technology platform. IO.Anywhere™ modular data centers provide enterprise-class infrastructure that can be delivered as Data Center as a Service and rapidly deployed as a product to customer sites anywhere in the world. IO developed the first data center infrastructure operating system, IO.OS®, to provide the intelligent control needed to maximize utilization, resiliency and energy efficiency. IO is a privately held company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
Location: United States, Arizona, Phoenix
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $350M
Founded date: 2007
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Pritzker G... | pritzkergr... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 14.05.2013 | - | $260M | - |
| 10.10.2012 | - | $90M | - |
Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.06.2025 | The Legal Tug-of-War: OpenAI, Jony Ive, and the Battle Over 'io' | In the tech world, where innovation meets ambition, a legal storm is brewing. OpenAI, the artificial intelligence powerhouse, finds itself embroiled in a trademark dispute with a startup named Iyo. The conflict centers around the name 'io,'... |
| 25.06.2025 | 'Not Cool': Sam Altman Says Lawsuit Over Secret Jony Ives Project Is 'Silly' OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote on X that "turning to a lawsuit when you don't get your way" sets a "terrible pr... | On Monday, OpenAI scrubbed the news of its partnership with famed former Apple designer Jony Ive from its website and social media due to a trademark infringement lawsuit brought by the CEO of a device company, Iyo. (Ive's company is called... |
| 24.06.2025 | Sam Altman calls Iyo lawsuit ‘silly’ after OpenAI scrubs Jony Ive deal from website | OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded on X to a recent lawsuit filed by startup Iyo, which accused the company of trademark infringement. The suit stems from OpenAI’s announcement in May that it was buying Jony Ive’s artificial intelligence hardw... |
| 19.06.2025 | Altman Slams Meta Over ‘Crazy’ $100M Poaching Offers to Top OpenAI Researchers | Screenshot of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaking on the Uncapped with Jack Altman podcast. Image: Jack Altman via X OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has accused Meta of attempting to poach his top artificial intelligence researchers with massive signing b... |
| 06.06.2025 | Why OpenAI Acquired Jony Ive’s IO: Everything You Need to Know | Share Share Share Share Email Introduction: Why the OpenAI x IO Acquisition is Big News? Big news in the world of tech industries is the OpenAI IO acquisition, the company behind ChatGPT. The acquisition of companies is a common practice in... |
| 03.06.2025 | What We Know About iPhone Designer Jony Ive’s Post-Smartphone A.I. Device So Far | Laurene Powell Jobs and Jony Ive at the WSJ Magazine 2022 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art on Nov. 02, 2022. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards Jony Ive spent decades shaping Apple’s sleek, unmi... |
| 23.05.2025 | OpenAI's Bold Leap: Jony Ive Joins the AI Revolution | In a world where technology evolves at lightning speed, OpenAI has made a monumental move. The company has acquired Jony Ive's hardware startup, io Products, in a staggering $6.5 billion deal. This acquisition is not just a financial transa... |
| 23.05.2025 | OpenAI adquire startup de ex-Apple para avançar em dispositivos com Inteligência Artificial | A OpenAI, criadora do ChatGPT, fechou a aquisição da io, startup de hardware fundada pelo ex-Apple Jony Ive, o designer responsável por produtos como o iPhone e o iMac, em uma operação avaliada em cerca de US$ 6,5 bilhões. A iniciativa marc... |
| 22.05.2025 | Sir Jony Ive joins Altman’s OpenAI in $6.5bn deal | OpenAI has announced the launch of its io Products, founded by former Apple chief designer Sir Jony Ive and Sam Altman, in a deal valued at $6.5bn. The agreement brings one of the world’s most influential product designers into OpenAI’s lea... |
| 22.05.2025 | OpenAI CFO says AI hardware will boost ChatGPT subscriptions in ‘new era of computing’ | OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said she’s confident the multibillion-dollar bet on Jony Ive’s startup will pay off, and eventually boost ChatGPT subscriptions. Friar said any startup as young as io was “hard to value” but “you’re really betting on ... |
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