OpenAI Buys Glass Imaging for $300M, Deepening a Quiet Hardware Push

OpenAI acquired computational-camera startup Glass Imaging for $300 million, adding to an earlier webcam investment and fueling speculation about a consumer device before year's end.

OpenAI acquired Glass Imaging for $300 million, according to a WSJ report surfaced by @testingcatalog. Glass Imaging works on computational photography — the software-and-sensor stack that turns raw camera data into usable images — and the price tag is modest by OpenAI's standards. What makes it notable is the pattern it completes rather than the number itself.

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