OpenAI acquires Glass Imaging for $300M as hardware ambitions take shape, per WSJ
testingcatalog · x · 2026-09-15
Per the Wall Street Journal, OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging for $300 million. The startup, founded by ex-Apple employees, builds high-quality imaging tech for smartphone cameras.
This follows OpenAI's earlier investment this year in Opal, a maker of premium webcams, signaling a growing hardware push — and fueling speculation that an OpenAI device could arrive this year.
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