AI hardware race — smart glasses, pendants, and speakers from Apple, OpenAI, and Meta

The AI Hardware Race Is On: Apple, OpenAI, and Meta Are All Building AI You Wear

Forget the chatbot wars. The biggest AI story developing right now isn’t about benchmark scores — it’s about where AI is going to live. Within five days, we learned that Apple is fast-tracking three AI wearables simultaneously, OpenAI has over 200 people building hardware with Jony Ive, and Meta is expanding its already-successful Ray-Ban smart glasses globally. Snap is even spinning its AR glasses into a standalone company. This isn’t coincidence. This is the starting gun of the AI hardware race. ...

February 22, 2026 · 5 min · DBBS Tech