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Report: OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M

According to a TechCrunch AI report, OpenAI has acquired smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for about $300 million. Glass Imaging was founded by two former Apple engineers who previously led development of Apple's Portrait Mode.

KEY POINTS

  1. According to a TechCrunch AI report, OpenAI has acquired smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for about $300 million.
  2. Glass Imaging was founded by two former Apple engineers who previously led development of Apple's Portrait Mode.
  3. If confirmed, the deal suggests OpenAI is expanding into imaging hardware/expertise, which could support new AI-driven camera features or integrations.

WHY IT MATTERS

If confirmed, the deal suggests OpenAI is expanding into imaging hardware/expertise, which could support new AI-driven camera features or integrations.

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OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says

OpenAI has bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging in a deal worth over $300 million, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal . The company, founded in 2019 and based in Los Altos, California, had previously raised about $30 million in funding from investors. Glass Imaging was founded by Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop, a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple’s Port…

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