Nothing will launch its first AI-native devices in 2026.
CEO Carl Pei hinted that the new AI products won't be traditional smartphones.
He believes the smartphone will remain central in the AI era.
Nothing will launch its first AI-native devices in 2026, CEO Carl Pei revealed in a post. The announcement came as the company revealed a $200 million Series C funding round at a $1.3 billion valuation. Pei hinted that the new AI products will not be traditional smartphones. Instead, they will be designed to provide intelligence “at the moment of need,” making them just as important as smartphones in daily life.
Survey“In the near-term, we believe that the smartphone will remain the only device shipping at billion-unit scale each year. But soon, we’ll all be carrying an additional device that will be just as important,” Pei said in the post. “The smartphone, while powerful, can’t always be there for us. Sometimes it’s in our pocket, or we might be on the move with our hands full.”
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Pei believes the smartphone will remain central in the AI era, but he sees a major gap in how software has evolved. “Most of the innovation has been underwhelming, limited to photo editing, translations, and assistant features that barely work,” he said. According to him, the future lies in building operating systems that adapt to each user individually.
“Unlike today’s one-size-fits-all solution, a billion different operating systems will be rendered for a billion different people,” Pei said.
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In four years, the company has shipped millions of devices, built a global supply chain, and reached over $1 billion in total sales as of early 2025, the CEO revealed.
“We’re in a position that will be very hard to copy,” Pei said, citing Nothing’s ability to design, manufacture, and ship new hardware worldwide within months.
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