Sam Altman kills a lawsuit IYO after Openai pulls out a blog message on Ive Deal

Openai CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday criticized the lawsuit filed by Artenware Startup Iyo, who accused his campaign for violating the brand.

Altman – NoteIn response to the claim that IYO CEO Jason Rugola was “quite persistent in his efforts” to force Openai to buy or invest in his company. In Message On x, Altman wrote that Rugola is now sued “the name he called” stupid, disappointing and wrong. “

The costume earlier this month was associated with announcement In May when Openai said it would lead Apple Designer Johnny Yves, having acquired his startup artificial intelligence into a deal that is evaluated approximately 6.4 billion dollars. Iyo claimed that Openai, Altman and Ive participated in unfair competition and violations of the brand and claimed that it was on the verge of losing their identity with a transaction.

Openai deleted a blog post on a deal from his site, after the judge had asked IYO on a temporary order last week to keep Openai and his associates “from the use of Iyo Mark Iyo plaintiff, and any sign is confused, including without restriction of” IO “.

“This page is temporarily reduced from the court ruling after a complaint against the trademark from Iyo about the name” IO “,” Openai says in a message that is now at the link where the publication was. “We do not agree with the complaint and consider our options.”

On X Altman posted screenshots of e -emails from the Rugola seeking investment and transactions involving IYO intellectual property. Rugolo also wanted Openai to buy Iyo, Altman writes.

Rugola did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But on xHe wrote that “there are 675 other two names that they may choose that are not ours.”

IYO’s lawsuit is one of a few legal problems facing Openai that works on develop your organizational structure To take more capital when it builds its AI models. Openai also goes against the New York Times Case of copyright infringementand separately against Elon Muskwhich helped start Openai as a nonprofit organization in 2015 and now sue for violation of the contract.

IYO accepts previous orders for its device IYO One In-Rr, containing 16 microphones. I haven’t published details about the IO product plans but altman detach The Wall Street Journal magazine is not a smartphone.

Altman wrote in Another post on Tuesday What he wishes to the IYO team “the best construction of excellent products”, and that “the world is certainly more than this and less lawsuits.”

See: Openai to buy AI Jony Ive Startup IO products for $ 6.4 billion