Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month
While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smartphone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said the product is designed to leverage AI for productivity gains.
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Nothing, the smartphone startup behind the distinctive Nothing Phone, is working on an AI product, but what it is remains unclear.
On Wednesday, CEO Carl Pei posted on X that the company’s first “AI-native product” ships in December. “It’s a tool, but one built with the personality and care that have come to define a Nothing product. It has no new screen, and it couldn’t have been an app,” Pei wrote.
Pei has teased an AI-first device for some time and the company has also said that it plans to release a pair of AI-linked smart glasses, as well as earbuds with AI integrations.
Pei’s description adds up to a screenless non-app that uses AI? He also calls it as a “productivity tool.” Adding further mystique to the announcement, Pei seems to downplay any link to AI wearables.
“The whole industry is hunting for its iPhone moment: the pendant, the pin, the glasses, the companion, some magical consumer device that makes AI part of everyone’s life,” Pei wrote. “I admire the boldness, but I read this moment differently.”
No firm release date has been announced, but Nothing fans should know soon enough what the company has in store for them.
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