OpenAI Buys Smartphone Camera Maker Glass Imaging for $300M, Report Says
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-09-15
OpenAI has acquired smartphone camera technology startup Glass Imaging for roughly $300 million, according to a TechCrunch report. The company was founded by two former Apple engineers who previously led the team behind Apple's Portrait Mode, signaling OpenAI's push into advanced imaging for its hardware ambitions.
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