OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says
OpenAI acquired smartphone camera startup Glass Imaging for over $300 million, deepening rumored hardware ambitions after its $6.5 billion io deal.
OpenAI bought Glass Imaging, a Los Altos startup founded in 2019 by former Apple engineers Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop who led Apple's Portrait Mode team, per a Wall Street Journal report. Glass Imaging had raised about $30 million and uses neural networks that learn individual camera systems to improve image quality at capture time. The acquisition fuels speculation about OpenAI hardware plans including smartphones, earbuds, and AI companion devices, following its $6.5 billion purchase of Jony Ive's io startup in 2025.
- Deal valued at over $300 million per WSJ report.
- Founders are ex-Apple engineers behind Portrait Mode.
- Follows OpenAI's $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive's io in 2025.
- Signals continued push into consumer AI hardware.
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Glass Imaging was founded by a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple's Portrait Mode.
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