Paul Meade, Apple’s vice president overseeing the Vision Pro headset, is departing the company to join OpenAI’s hardware division, as reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

Meade is also said to have spearheaded the creation of the AI-driven smart glasses that Apple intends to unveil the following year. The expensive Vision Pro did not perform well in the market, but Apple believes that the introduction of more budget-friendly smart glasses will enhance its competitiveness against Meta’s wearable devices.

Gurman depicts this exit as a result of John Ternus’ upcoming promotion to Apple CEO, and Ternus’ choice to revamp the hardware engineering team, which has left several of the company’s vice presidents feeling as though they have been sidelined.

In the meantime, OpenAI is collaborating with Apple’s former chief design officer Jony Ive on an AI device that CEO Sam Altman has asserted will be more tranquil and serene than an iPhone, though previous reports indicated that the company has faced challenges in perfecting the specifics.

TechCrunch has reached out to both Apple and OpenAI for their responses.