OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says
Glass Imaging was founded by a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple's Portrait Mode.
TL;DR
- OpenAI has reportedly purchased smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for over $300 million.
- Glass Imaging was founded by former Apple engineers who developed Apple's Portrait Mode.
- The company uses AI to enhance smartphone camera image quality by understanding individual camera systems.
- This acquisition aligns with rumors of OpenAI developing its own hardware products.
- OpenAI previously bought Jony Ive's company, io, for $6.5 billion.