--- title: WSJ: OpenAI acquired smartphone camera startup. Glass... description: OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, a smartphone camera startup, for more than $300 million according to the Wall Street Journal. Glass Imaging's GlassAI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wsj-openai-acquired-smartphone-camera-startup-glass-imaging-for-more-than-300m-the-startup-s-c-bktaflzrq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: WSJ: OpenAI acquired smartphone camera startup. Glass Imaging for more than $300M. The startup's core product, GlassAI, replaces parts of the traditional image-signal-processing pipeline with camera-specific neural networks trained on RAW sensor data. Those networks reverse lens aberrations, sensor noise and crosstalk before images are rendered, helping compact camera modules recover more usable detail. The agreement comes as OpenAI and Jony Ive move deeper into consumer hardware. 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OpenAI has already brought the io team in-house, while Glass’s role remains undisclosed. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Rohan Paul](https://daily.dev/sources/rohanpaul%5Fai) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/BKtafLZRQ) Sep 14 • From x.com  Rohan Paul @rohanpaul\_ai WSJ: OpenAI acquired smartphone camera startup. Glass Imaging for more than $300M. The startup's core product, GlassAI, replaces parts of the traditional image-signal-processing pipeline with camera-specific neural networks trained on RAW sensor data. Those networks reverse lens aberrations, sensor noise and crosstalk before images are rendered, helping compact camera modules recover more usable detail. The agreement comes as OpenAI and Jony Ive move deeper into consumer hardware. OpenAI has already brought the io team in-house, while Glass’s role remains undisclosed.  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