Multiple reports say Paul Meade, an Apple vice president in charge of hardware engineering for the Vision Products Group, is preparing to leave Apple and join OpenAI’s hardware division. Coverage across outlets reports that Meade has been involved in engineering for Apple’s Vision Pro, and some stories also tie him to Apple’s internal work on smart glasses. Business Standard and Engadget both describe Meade’s move as starting with a departure from Apple by next week, followed by work at OpenAI. Times of India adds that Meade’s exit follows an Apple hardware engineering shake-up, including claims that he was demoted, and frames the change as part of OpenAI’s effort to build AI-first consumer devices. AppleInsider reports Meade is expected to start at OpenAI in the coming week and notes that he would join other former Apple figures at OpenAI, including Jony Ive, Tang Tan, and Evans Hankey. Across the reports, the common point is that Meade is transitioning from Apple’s spatial computing and wearables hardware leadership to OpenAI’s planned line of AI-powered devices.