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.