AI TRENDS | Former OpenAI Engineer Launches AI Hardware Company Blackstar Computers

Former OpenAI Codex team engineer Daniel Edrisian has announced his departure from the company to establish Blackstar Computers, an AI hardware firm. According to Odaily, Blackstar Computers has successfully completed a $12 million seed funding round led by Abstract, with participation from SV Angel, Naval Ravikant, Chapter One, and Timeless. Blackstar Computers aims to redefine computing devices by innovating across hardware, software, and interaction layers. Edrisian emphasized that while software development has reached maturity, enhancing human-AI interaction requires a fundamental overhaul at the operating system level. The company currently has a team of approximately eight members located in San Francisco and Shenzhen, and has yet to release any public products.