{"id":68559,"date":"2025-09-16T23:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T23:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/68559\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T23:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T23:54:07","slug":"smartphone-maker-nothing-raises-200-million-for-ai-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/68559\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphone Maker Nothing Raises $200 Million for AI Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smartphone maker Nothing<\/a>, based in the United Kingdom, reportedly raised $200 million in new funding.<\/p>\n

The round values the company at $1.3 billion, The Times reported<\/a> Tuesday (Sept. 16).<\/p>\n

Co-founder Carl Pei<\/a> said the funding will help the company speed product innovation and deepen investment into artificial intelligence-native products, according to the report. The company also plans to introduce some of its first AI-native devices next year, which it believes will be separate from its smartphones.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the near-term, we believe that the smartphone will remain the only device shipping at a billion-unit scale each year,\u201d Pei said, per the report. \u201cBut soon we\u2019ll all be carrying an additional device that will be just as important. In the coming years, we\u2019ll learn that the more context we can feed our AI, the more useful it becomes. A new class of AI-native devices will emerge \u2026 this is a very exciting time, imagining devices that capture context across modalities and generate interfaces on demand, shaped by what the user is trying to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nothing has debuted several popular Android-based phones known for their semi-transparent design and dot-matrix-inspired software, the report said. In a departure from industry standards, these devices feature a \u201cglyph interface,\u201d or a back inset with LEDs that can be lighted in different ways silently to signal notifications even when the phone is facing down.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it was reported last month that Apple<\/a> is planning a three-year iPhone overhaul<\/a> as the company trails Google<\/a> in the race to offer an AI-powered phone.<\/p>\n

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Apple is expected this month to introduce the iPhone Air, a thin model aimed to replace the iPhone 16 Plus. Next year, the company plans to roll out its first foldable iPhone, and in 2027, Apple will mark the 20th anniversary of its smartphone with a curved-glass model.<\/p>\n

PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster<\/a> wrote in July that Apple is at risk of the iPhone<\/a> becoming a commodity, and not \u201cthe consumer\u2019s primary digital front door.\u201d<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 have embedded AI that allows users to speak, search, transact and navigate with a native AI experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cApple can\u2019t match that today,\u201d Webster wrote July 23. \u201cThe risk is how many consumers will keep waiting around for Apple to deliver. It\u2019s a massive pain to switch from iOS to Android devices, and most people don\u2019t. Getting an AI-powered Android device just may be enough for people to dump their iPhones.\u201d<\/p>\n

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