What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce
Leader sits at 13% across 8 bound outcomes, runner-up at 12%. This is a winner-take-all market — the headline is the leader’s price, not an arithmetic mean.
Leader probability
Clip-on device for clothing
Outcomes
8
winner-take-all
Runner-up
12¢
Earbuds/Headphones
Spread
1pp
contested
24h volume
$197
thin orderbook
Closes
Jan 1, 2027
145 days
Venue
Kalshi
8 bound
30-day trend
Bracket family
How the bracket ladder is priced.
Each row is one outcome on the venue. Sorted by 24h volume — the heaviest book is at the top.
Cluster 1
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce?: Earbuds/Headphones
KXOAIHARDWARE-27-EARBUDS
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce?: Glasses
KXOAIHARDWARE-27-GLASSES
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce?: Clip-on device for clothing
KXOAIHARDWARE-27-CLIPON
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce?: Watch
KXOAIHARDWARE-27-WATCH
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce?: Ring
KXOAIHARDWARE-27-RING
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce?: Phone
KXOAIHARDWARE-27-PHONE
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce?: Computer
KXOAIHARDWARE-27-PC
What kind of device will Jony Ive and OpenAI announce?: Necklace
KXOAIHARDWARE-27-NECKLACE
Analysis
Markets are currently pricing a 15% probability that Jony Ive and OpenAI will announce earbuds or headphones as their collaborative hardware device. This represents a narrow lead over a clip-on wearable option at 14%, with other form factors like glasses, necklaces, and computers at lower odds. The probability reflects uncertainty about both whether an announcement will occur and, if it does, which physical form the device will take. Key drivers of the current level include the lack of confirmed announcement dates or official product roadmap details from either company, and general market skepticism about near-term consumer hardware from the partnership. Resolution depends on whether either organization issues a public announcement specifying the device category. Trading volume is concentrated in the earbuds contract, suggesting this outcome has more conviction among active traders, while other options show minimal recent activity.
- ›No official announcement date or timeline has been publicly confirmed by OpenAI or Jony Ive's design firm as of August 2026
- ›Earbuds/headphones lead competing form factors by only 1 percentage point, indicating genuine market uncertainty rather than consensus
- ›The top contract shows $133 in 24-hour volume while runner-up contracts show zero recent trading, suggesting the earbuds lead may reflect thin liquidity rather than strong conviction
- ›Historical precedent: Ive's previous Apple projects (AirPods, HomePod) were audio-focused, which could anchor traders toward audio device expectations
- ›The category includes seven separate contracts with meaningful probability mass distributed across glasses (5%), necklaces (8%), and clip-ons (14%), indicating traders view multiple technical approaches as plausible
What moved the line
- Aug 7Earbuds/Headphones↓4pp16→12¢ · Kalshi
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How we compute these odds
SimpleFunctions aggregates live prediction-market contracts from Kalshi and Polymarket. Each slug groups contracts that resolve on the same underlying event, identified by venue event_id.
For binary slugs, the headline probability is the liquidity-weighted mid-price across all bound contracts. For multi-outcome slugs (e.g. elections with 3+ candidates), the headline is the leader’s price; we never arithmetically average disjoint outcomes — that would produce a number with no real-world meaning.
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