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Sheel Mohnot@pitdesi

OpenAI’s hardware product is a donut-shaped smart speaker the size of a hockey puck, with a camera, speakers, microphones, and lights. $300-400 Certainly seems like that product @jgebbia was spotted with in SF could be a prototype

702 likes45 repliesPosted Aug 6, 2026

View the original on X Written by Sheel Mohnot. Captured Sep 4, 2026.

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Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: plain, matter-of-fact
Mechanisms: Specificity
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