OpenAI Acquires Sky, an AI Interface for Mac

The acquisition of Software Applications and its Sky platform represents a strategic move by OpenAI to embed AI technology into the Mac ecosystem. Sky functions as an AI experience that floats over your desktop to help you think and create. It integrates deeply with macOS, allowing users to prompt it with natural language to get help with writing, coding, planning, and managing their days. Sky can take actions through apps and understands what's on a user's screen.

This acquisition follows OpenAI's recent dealmaking, including the purchase of Statsig and Jony Ive's AI devices startup io, indicating a broader strategy to expand its capabilities and market presence. The Sky team brings significant experience, with founders previously involved in Workflow, which was acquired by Apple and evolved into Shortcuts. This prior experience positions them well to develop innovative AI solutions for the Mac platform.

Apple is expected to launch an overhauled Siri with AI smarts next year and has already shipped other features that use its AI tech known as Apple Intelligence, including writing helpers, live translation, image creation, visual search, and more. It's also working with OpenAI to shuffle off queries Siri can’t answer to ChatGPT. Apple Intelligence works across platforms, including Mac.

Sky is an AI-powered natural language interface for Mac computers designed to assist users with various tasks.

To integrate AI more directly into the tools people use every day and expand OpenAI's capabilities within the Mac ecosystem.

Ari Weinstein, Conrad Kramer, and Kim Beverett, who have a history of successful exits, including the sale of Workflow to Apple.

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