OpenAIは、AIを使ってプロ仕様のカメラに匹敵する画質のスマートフォン画像を生成する技術を開発する企業、Glass Imagingを買収したと報じられている。

今回の取引でGlass Imagingの評価額は3億ドルを超えたとウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル(WSJ)が事情に詳しい関係者の話を引用して報じた。これは、昨年の資金調達ラウンド後の約1億ドルから3倍以上となる。カリフォルニア州を拠点とする同社は、それ以前に約3,000万ドルを調達していたとTechCrunchは報じている。出資者にはAlphabetのベンチャー部門であるGVやInsight Partnersなどが含まれる。

今回の買収は、OpenAIが来年の新規株式公開(IPO)の可能性に備える中で、最近行った複数の買収に続くものだ。買収先には、テック系トークショーのTBPNや、オープンソースのPython開発者向けツールを手がけるスタートアップのAstralなどが含まれる。

Glass Imagingに関する計画は依然として不明だが、ChatGPTの開発元は、元AppleのデザイナーであるJony IveとAIコンパニオンデバイスを開発していることが知られている。これは、同氏のスタートアップであるio Productsを2025年に65億ドルで買収したことに続く動きだ。

Glass Imagingは2019年にZiv AttarとTom Bishopによって設立された。両氏は以前、Appleでカメラ技術の開発に携わっていた。

減速

週末、OpenAIのCEOであるSam Altmanは、他のフロンティアAI企業とともに、開発のペースを意図的に減速させるよう呼びかけた。安全対策や監視体制が追いつくようにするためで、「コストに見合う価値は十分にある」と主張した。

「すべてのフロンティアラボはこれを実行しなければならない。そうできないのであれば、私たちの誰も出勤する理由はない」とAltmanは述べた。

Frontier Model Releases per Month by Lab

Frontier Model Releases per Month by Lab

  • OpenAI
  • Google
  • Anthropic
  • xAI
  • Meta AI
  • NVIDIA
  • Z.ai
  • Other
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Google: 0 on Jul '26. Anthropic: 0 on Jul '26. xAI: 0 on Jul '26. Meta AI: 0 on Jul '26. NVIDIA: 0 on Jul '26. Z.ai: 0 on Jul '26. Other: 0 on Jul '26
SOURCE: Epoch AI — Frontier AI Models