Topic: hardware development
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Jony Ive's OpenAI Goal: Devices That Make Us Happy
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple design chief Jony Ive are collaborating on multiple AI-powered consumer hardware devices aimed at reshaping human-technology interaction. The project focuses on improving users' well-being by designing devices that foster happiness, fulfillment, and connecti...
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Apple’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI: 6 Wildest Claims
Apple's lawsuit accuses OpenAI of stealing confidential documents and hardware prototypes, with three former Apple employees,Tang Tan, Chang Liu, and Yu-Ting Peng,allegedly involved in a scheme to siphon trade secrets as OpenAI prepares to launch its first AI hardware device. The lawsuit details ...
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Hark lands $700M Series A for secretive universal AI interface
Hark, a secretive AI lab, raised a $700 million Series A funding round at a $6 billion valuation, backed by investors including Nvidia and AMD Ventures, to develop an agentic AI system as a universal digital interface. The company, founded by Brett Adcock with $100 million of his own money, plans...
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Extropic's Plan to Revolutionize Data Centers
Extropic has launched its first functional hardware, featuring thermodynamic sampling units (TSUs) that use probabilistic bits, promising thousands of times greater energy efficiency for AI and scientific workloads compared to traditional CPUs and GPUs. The processors utilize thermodynamic electr...
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IQM Quantum Computers Expands Global Ambitions Beyond Europe
IQM Quantum Computers has reached unicorn status after raising $300 million in a Series B round led by Ten Eleven Ventures, fueling its global expansion and focus on the U.S. and Asia-Pacific markets. The funding will accelerate R&D in chip fabrication, software development, and error correction ...
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Anthropic Abandons $7B MatX Acquisition
Anthropic has reportedly abandoned its planned $7 billion acquisition of AI chip startup MatX, shifting negotiations toward a potential partnership instead. The deal collapse stems from significant valuation gaps and Anthropic’s aggressive expansion of its own internal silicon capabilities throug...
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Stop Typing: Try This AI Microphone
London-based startup Relay is challenging the software-only voice-to-text market with a dedicated portable microphone, the Relay Q, set to launch in early 2027. The company’s hybrid approach addresses common office audio dilemmas by providing high-fidelity voice recognition that captures clear sp...
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Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging Theft of Hardware Secrets
Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its hardware chief Tang Tan, accusing them of systematically stealing proprietary hardware designs and confidential documents, including coaching recruits to smuggle parts from Apple to job interviews at OpenAI. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI hired ov...
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Nick Turley: Making ChatGPT Your Operating System
Nick Turley aims to transform ChatGPT into an operating system-like platform, integrating third-party apps for tasks like writing, shopping, and coding to create a seamless user experience. OpenAI's strategy involves embedding apps from major services such as Expedia and Uber to turn ChatGPT into...
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Google Confirms Android and ChromeOS Merger for Next Year
Google has officially confirmed that its Android and ChromeOS platforms will merge into a single operating system, with the first results expected to launch next year. The goal is to create a seamless experience across devices by using Android as the underlying foundation while retaining the Chro...
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Snap Spins Off Its Smart Glasses Division Into New Company
Snap has spun its smart glasses hardware division into a new subsidiary, Specs Inc., to sharpen focus, attract investment, and prepare for a 2026 consumer launch. The restructuring aims to create a distinct brand identity for the hardware and potentially insulate it from controversies associated ...
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Exclusive: Road to VR's Ben Lang on the Future of Virtual Reality
Ben Lang founded Road to VR in 2011 to document the resurgence of consumer virtual reality, which had been limited to niche applications, and his work coincided with the industry's growth following the Oculus Rift Kickstarter. Lang emphasizes honest, objective journalism in his reviews to help re...
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Logitech shelves handheld plans, G Cloud 2 not coming soon
Logitech's new gaming division head Robin Piispanen finds gaming handhelds appealing but is not currently building a Logitech G Cloud 2. Piispanen is uncertain about when or if Logitech should revisit the handheld category after the original G Cloud's lackluster reception. The original G Cloud, l...
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Stendr Raises $5.4M for Norwegian Defense Tech
Stendr, a Norwegian defense tech startup, has raised $5.4 million in pre-seed funding to develop an AI-driven, vertically integrated counter-drone system. The company's mission, led by a CEO with a background shaped by a major cybersecurity breach, focuses on building resilient, multi-sensor syst...
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Allonic: Rebuilding Robotics from the Inside Out
Allonic secured a record $7.2 million pre-seed round in Hungary, signaling a potential shift in European investment toward funding complex hardware startups earlier and in Central and Eastern Europe. The company addresses a core robotics manufacturing challenge by developing a proprietary 3D Tiss...
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The Smart Glasses Race Is Officially Heating Up
A new wave of smart glasses is emerging, blending fashion with digital capabilities to deliver notifications, media, and navigation directly into the user's field of view, creating a seamless physical-digital bridge. Apple is accelerating its smart glasses initiatives, potentially offering both d...
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Ex-NASA chief takes Quantum Space public at $1.2B for new space race
Jim Bridenstine, former NASA head, is taking Quantum Space public via a SPAC merger at a $1.2 billion valuation to fund in-space services like satellite servicing, refueling, and debris management. Bridenstine’s NASA credibility, including his work on the Artemis program and commercial partnershi...
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Google's Smart Glasses: I Almost Forgot My Phone
Google is launching new AI-powered smart glasses next year, aiming to provide seamless, hands-free access to information and positioning them as a strategic move in a competitive market with players like Meta. Learning from the privacy and design failures of its earlier Google Glass, the new prot...
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Pebble Founder Unveils $75 AI Smart Ring for Voice Notes
Eric Migicovsky's new company, Core Devices, has launched the Index 01, a $75 AI smart ring designed solely for capturing voice notes with a button press, processing audio locally on a smartphone for privacy. The ring only records when its button is actively held, emphasizing user control, and it...
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Samsung's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Rival Could Launch Soon
Meta has accelerated the smart eyewear competition by launching three new models, including screen-equipped Ray-Ban Display, prompting rivals like Apple to reallocate resources and fast-track their own smart glasses development. Samsung is rumored to be entering the market as early as next year w...
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