Background removal app Photoroom: From a two-person start to 150 million downloads

This is part of our daily "AI Startup Case Studies" series. Here is a person who built a 100-million-download app with $50 ...
CNBC

GoPro joins AI bonanza with pivot into data centers as shares skyrocket 40%

GoPro announced it would merge with Starman Optical, a private photonics company. The company will move into AI data center and defense markets. Youtuber Markiplier recently acquired a massive 8.5% ...
Forbes

GoPro Becomes The Next Company Announcing AI Pivot With $285 Million Merger Deal

GoPro said it was planning to merge with Starman Optical, a privately held company owned by Starman Holdings that produces optical transceivers—devices that turn data into light for high-speed ...
The Verge

GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’

Right after a YouTuber became GoPro’s biggest shareholder, the company got sold. Right after a YouTuber became GoPro’s biggest shareholder, the company got sold. is a senior editor and founding member ...
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GOPRO ENTERS INTO DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO MERGE WITH STARMAN OPTICAL, INC.

NEW YORK and SAN MATEO, Calif., Sept. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) and Starman Optical, Inc. ("Starman"), a privately held optical-photonics company, today announced that they ...
Engadget

GoPro says it's moving into AI data centers as part of a $285 million merger

GoPro is the latest surprising name to move into the AI data center market amid a merger with an optical-photonics company called Starman Optical. The shareholders of GoPro, which will remain publicly ...
TechCrunch

GoPro to be acquired for $285M, will remain a public company

After years of financial struggles, action camera pioneer GoPro is being acquired for $285 million. A company called Starman Optical has agreed to merge with GoPro. The deal involves Starman Optical ...
CNBC

Struggling GoPro sells majority stake to optical maker Starman for $285 million

A little-known optical parts maker is buying GoPro for $285 million in cash, a deal that would repay the struggling action-camera maker's debt and give it more room to navigate surging memory chip ...
Reuters

Struggling GoPro sells majority stake to optical maker Starman for $285 million

Sept 1 (Reuters) - A little-known optical parts maker is buying GoPro (GPRO.O), opens new tab for $285 million in cash, a deal that would repay the struggling action-camera maker's debt and give it ...
Fast Company

GoPro stock soars after YouTube star Markiplier becomes large shareholder: How high will GPRO go?

Shares in GoPro Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRO) jumped yesterday and are again up significantly in premarket trading today after it was revealed that the megastar YouTuber Markiplier has become the largest ...
24/7 Wall St

GoPro Soars 22% as YouTuber Markiplier Becomes Its Largest Shareholder

Markiplier acquired an 8.5% stake in GPRO, calling it undervalued, lifting the stock 20% despite a 57% YTD decline and going-concern doubts. SONY and GRMN dominate imaging sensors and ...
PetaPixel

Optical Company Starman Buys GoPro for $285 Million, Plans Move Into AI, Defense, and National Security

GoPro has concluded its months-long search for a solution to its financial woes. Privately-held optical-photonics company Starman Optical, Inc. (Starman) has entered into a definitive merger agreement ...