Report: OpenAI Prototyping Screenless AI Hardware in Shenzhen for 2027 Launch
Leiphone reports that OpenAI is secretly prototyping a screenless AI hardware product in Shenzhen, with a 2027 launch planned; the account rests on unnamed industry sources.
The report, which cited unnamed people in the industry, said the work is being kept under unusually tight secrecy. One of those people said engineers traveling to Shenzhen for the project did not even carry their mobile phones.
Leiphone did not describe the shape of the device or how it is intended to be used. The report gave no account of how far the prototyping has advanced, which manufacturers are involved in the Shenzhen work, or what components the product would contain. No price, target market or narrower launch date beyond the 2027 year was provided.
The account rests entirely on industry sources who were not identified, and the claims could not be independently verified. The report did not say whether OpenAI had been asked about the project or had responded to questions about it, and no public statement from the company on a screenless device was included.
Leiphone is a Shenzhen-based technology news outlet. Its report said only that the product would be screenless, that the prototyping was taking place in Shenzhen, and that a 2027 release was planned.