OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 million, report says

据报道，OpenAI 以 3 亿美元收购智能手机摄像头制造商 Glass Imaging

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. 据《华尔街日报》报道，OpenAI 已收购智能手机摄像头制造商 Glass Imaging，交易价值超过 3 亿美元。该公司成立于 2019 年，总部位于加利福尼亚州洛斯阿托斯，此前已从投资者处筹集了约 3000 万美元的资金。

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. Glass Imaging 由前苹果工程师 Ziv Attar 和 Tom Bishop 创立，他们曾领导开发了苹果的“人像模式”（Portrait Mode）。这一背景直接影响了他们目前在 Glass Imaging 的工作，即利用人工智能克服智能手机摄像头在物理尺寸上的限制。

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. Glass Imaging 并非在照片拍摄后才使用人工智能进行编辑，而是利用神经网络学习各种摄像头系统（例如不同智能手机型号上的各类摄像头），从而在按下快门的瞬间就能生成更高质量的图像。

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. OpenAI 未立即回应置评请求。有传言称，这家 ChatGPT 的开发商正在研发自己的硬件产品，如智能手机、耳塞和人工智能伴侣设备。2025 年，OpenAI 首席执行官山姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）与著名苹果设计师乔尼·艾维（Jony Ive）透露，他们一直在合作开发一家名为“io”的设备初创公司，当时 OpenAI 以 65 亿美元收购了艾维的公司。