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报道称 OpenAI 以 3 亿美元收购手机相机公司 Glass Imaging
据《华尔街日报》报道,OpenAI 以超过 3 亿美元收购了手机相机公司 Glass Imaging。该公司 2019 年成立于加州 Los Altos,此前融资约 3000 万美元,创始人为前 Apple 工程师 Ziv Attar 和 Tom Bishop,曾负责 Apple Portrait Mode 团队。Glass Imaging 用神经网络学习不同手机相机系统,在拍摄时而非后期改善成像。OpenAI 未立即回应置评请求,此前有传闻称其正开发自有硬件。
AI推荐理由 TechCrunch 转述《华尔街日报》报道称 OpenAI 以逾 3 亿美元收购 Glass Imaging,并给出该公司 2019 年成立、此前融资约 3000 万美元、创始人为前 Apple Portrait Mode 团队负责人等具体背景,对理解 OpenAI 硬件布局有参考价值;但消息源为二手报道,OpenAI 未回应置评,交易细节尚未获官方确认。
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1:44 PM PDT · September 14, 2026
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Amanda Silberling
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says
OpenAI has bought smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging in a deal worth over $300 million, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The company, founded in 2019 and based in Los Altos, California, had previously raised about $30 million in funding from investors.
Glass Imaging was founded by Ziv Attar and Tom Bishop, a pair of former Apple engineers who previously led the team that developed Apple’s Portrait Mode. This background directly informs the work they now do at Glass Imaging, where they use AI to overcome the physical size constraints of smartphone cameras. Rather than using AI to edit a photo after it’s been taken, Glass Imaging uses neural networks to learn about individual camera systems — like the different cameras on various smartphone models — to yield better images from the moment the shutter clicks.
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The ChatGPT maker is rumored to be working on its own hardware, like smartphones, earbuds, and AI companion devices.
In 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and famed Apple designer Jony Ive revealed that they had been working together on a device startup called io, when OpenAI bought Ive’s company for $6.5 billion.
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