OpenAI Acquires Camera AI Startup for $300M

OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, a smartphone camera AI company, for over $300 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Los Altos-based startup was founded by two former Apple engineers who led the development of Portrait Mode. Glass Imaging uses neural networks to improve smartphone photos in real time rather than through post-processing edits. The acquisition aligns with OpenAI's broader hardware ambitions, which include rumored smartphones, earbuds, and AI companion devices, as well as its $6.5 billion purchase of designer Jony Ive's startup io.