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OpenAI Acquires AI Camera Startup Glass Imaging for Over $300 Million
Read this in the Market Flux appOpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, an AI-powered smartphone camera startup, in a deal valued at more than $300 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. The transaction closed quietly in recent months and represents a sharp markup from Glass Imaging's roughly $100 million valuation in a funding round just last year, having raised approximately $30 million from investors including Alphabet's GV and Insight Partners.
Glass Imaging was founded in 2019 by Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop, both former Apple engineers who worked on camera technology at the company, including the development of Portrait Mode. The startup uses artificial intelligence to produce smartphone image quality comparable to a DSLR camera, and its zoom-imaging technology has already appeared in a recent line of phones from Honor.
OpenAI's specific plans for Glass Imaging have not been disclosed, but the acquisition arrives as the company is developing a consumer hardware device in partnership with designer Jony Ive, whom OpenAI brought on in 2025 through its $6.5 billion acquisition of io Products. OpenAI is also preparing for an initial public offering expected next year.
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- FaststocknewssOPENAI BOUGHT SMARTPHONE CAMERA STARTUP GLASS IMAGING AT A VALUATION ABOVE $300M The deal closed quietly in recent months, per WSJ. Glass Imaging was valued around $100M in a funding round last year and had raised about $30M from investors including Alphabet's $GOOGL GV and Insight Partners. The company uses AI to produce smartphone image quality on par with a DSLR camera. It was founded in 2019 by former Apple $AAPL employees Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop, who worked on camera technology there including portrait mode. Its zoom-imaging technology appeared in a recent line of phones from Honor. OpenAI's plans for Glass Imaging are unclear. The company has been developing a device with Jony Ive, whom it brought on in 2025 through the $6.5B acquisition of io Products, and is preparing for an IPO expected next year.
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