📸 Happy to finally announce the closure of our $2m seed round to accelerate the launch of our AI-powered assistive camera of the future. Backed by @betaworks, F4 Fund and @NextWaveNYC via @flybridge, @7pcventures and @DigiCatapult we’re redefining the future of cameras and content creation. ✅ We’re integrating a large language model (LLM) directly into an interchangeable lens mirrorless camera for the first time ever. ✅ We’re entering a new phase in our journey under the name Camera Intelligence (@camera_int) - with a brand that better reflects our direction of travel. Why does this all matter? Producing engaging, high-quality content is necessary for creators and small businesses. But content tools are fragmented with steep learning curves. We want to help creators and businesses go from idea → execution faster than ever: no fuss - just smart, assistive content production in their hands. We've been working hard behind the scenes to deliver a radical new interface that allows users to control camera functions through voice commands. Being on the AI native camp at @betaworks in NYC was hugely influential for our ability to develop and deploy our LLM-driven technology - thanks to @Borthwick, @jordanrcrook, @nicole_ripka and the team. Huge thanks to all of our other investors who believed in our renewed vision Digital Catapult (@SusanBowenUK) and 7percent Ventures (@andrewjscott), and members from the NYC ecosystem (@andruyeung, @thesephist). _ _ __ 🎥 We will be sharing a demo video tomorrow so that you can see what we’re building in action…we can’t wait to share more! I also can’t wait to tell you about a few incredible team members we're recently hired to realise this vision, and thanks to all of our customers for their patience and support. We're only getting started...

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Love that Americans are loving football ⚽️

The workflow to make high-quality content is stuck in a time-capsule from 20 years ago. Speak to anyone who make content using traditional cameras, they will tell you! In this article with Startups Magazine, I discuss how Camera Intelligence is rethinking creative workflows with on-camera AI. Read more below: startupsmagazine.co.uk/pictu…

I went to a July 4th party in SF last night and someone I’d never met before came up to me and said, “hey cool camera, let’s connect on LinkedIn”. Then I said, “hi, what’s your name?” and they were like, “let me scan your QR code”😅😭

Summoning my pencil. Besides this, I did some nice sketches today ✏️

Caira by @camera_int is a Micro Four Thirds camera but we use AI-first electronics inside that you won’t find in any other camera. These electronics allow the camera to run computational photography algorithms on the device to improve things like dynamic range, colour science, and processing speed, as well as running LLMs locally to understand your context and intent. @iamgeorgemikhail from @mikhailagency invited me for a chat about cameras and what we’re working on @camera_int

In-camera visual effects is going to be 🔥 “hey Caira, generate a ball of fire between my hands”

San Francisco but make it cinematic. @deeptechweek 📍Crissy Field Captured with Caira by @camera_int

My X account wasn't getting much traction for the last year or so. But now I've figured out what works for me. Basically, I need to post more photos - treat my X like I do my Instagram! It's working... I do build a camera, after all 📸

Great to bump into @DynamicWebPaige, who had a piece showing AI-generated videos using Omni and Veo. When I asked Paige about her thoughts on slop, she said, “Slop is in the eye of the beholder!”

Went to the Epistemologies of Slop | Art & Tech exhibition opening. Really thoughtful and broad curation of genesis of AI slop

Incredible mini TV gift playing our launch video! 📺 such an incredible touch!

40 awesome founders and folks building in hardware… met some awesome people! Pics captured with Caira by @camera_int 📸

Last night I was at one of @ritwikpavan legendary dinners for hardware founders. Probably the best, highest-signal room in the world for people building hardware. Thanks for having me - had a blast! ✌🏽

The camera of the future. @vishalkumar shows it to me. It has a bigger imaging chip than your iPhone but uses the iPhone to make AI magic happen. $1,000. @camera_int Caira Camera. I bought one. On this day when Om Malik was taken from us, it's worthy of remembering him as a great photographer. He's the kind of guy who would appreciate a great photo more than anybody, and he made many of them. I've been reading X for the last few minutes, and it's just post after post after post about what he meant to various people in the community. What a loss.

Very sad to hear about the passing of Om Malik, @om. I only met him a couple of times — but on both occasions he was extremely kind, gentle and supportive. His passion for cameras and photography was impressive and we managed to discuss a lot of details about the industry and where it could go. He gave me invaluable feedback and advice. We even spoke about cricket and the England vs India test match at Lords 🏏 Om took this photo of my using the Caira camera at the Blue Bottle in South Park—and I took a couple of him. He told me what we were working on was important and we should keep pushing forward to change the camera industry 📸 Thank you 🙏🏾

So many agentic video editing mobile / desktops apps are popping up. But the problem is that creators have to download a new tool, spend time on it, transfer files to the app, allocate time to do the editing, before they see the final output. What if you bring video editing capabilities to the point of capture, i.e. inside of the camera? We have a cohort of customers who are asking us to do exactly that. Agents and LLMs now make this possible. Things are about to get wild