How Sam Altman just executed the tech industry’s most audacious talent heist

When Jony Ive walked away from Apple in 2019, Silicon Valley held its breath. The man who designed the iPhone—the device that redefined human interaction with technology—was free to work with anyone. Google's billions beckoned. Meta's metaverse promised new frontiers. Microsoft's enterprise muscle offered guaranteed scale. Instead, Ive chose a startup CEO barely into his thirties, betting his next chapter on artificial intelligence hardware that didn't yet exist. That CEO was Sam Altman. And with Tuesday's announcement that Ive's design firm LoveFrom is merging with OpenAI, Altman has pulled off what may be the most strategically devastating talent acquisition in...