Nothing raises $200M Series C to power the next phase of consumer AI

Carl · 2025-09-16T04:14:09+00:00

Today, we’re announcing new funding––USD $200M in our Series C round at a USD $1.3B valuation. This milestone marks the start of our next phase: From being the only independent smartphone company to emerge in the last decade, towards building an AI-native platform in which hardware and software converge into a single intelligent system. Building the foundations for the future When we started Nothing, we had a thesis that if we could build a smartphone business at scale and own the last-mile distribution point in consumer tech, we would be well-positioned for the next technology shift. Although we didn’t know what that would look like at the time, the opportunity is now crystal clear. From the start, we knew that the foundation had to be an end-to-end value chain capable of delivering products at speed, scale, and quality. As we’ve seen from many others that have tried, building a hardware company is hard. There are many potential failure points and almost no room for error. For us, it required assembling a team that balanced a pragmatic approach of rapidly launching products, with an innovative mindset to deliver experiences that our community would immediately love. Today, the foundations are firmly in place. From award-winning design, to our global manufacturing and supply chain network built for quality and cost. In four years, we have shipped millions of devices, began 2025 crossing $1B+ in total sales, while growing 150% in 2024. Building this infrastructure has been the hardest and most valuable thing we’ve done so far. With the support of our community, we’re fortunate to have made it here. Today, we’re in a position that will be very hard to copy: The ability to launch any consumer hardware product from start to finish within months, go-to market operations that can ship and service worldwide, a global user community that co-creates with us, all without the innovator’s dilemma or bureaucratic constraints that the incumbents face. On to chapter 2. Operating systems, evolved In the last 18 years, the smartphone became ubiquitous. It is the primary personal computing tool to manage the countless tasks of daily life. Beyond its distribution scale, what makes the smartphone the most powerful consumer device in the market is its unmatched access to contextual information and user knowledge. For this reason, I believe the smartphone will remain one of the most important devices in the AI era. On the other hand, while AI has made revolutionary progress in the last three years, the smartphone experience has barely evolved. Most of the innovation has been underwhelming, limited to incremental improvements in photo editing, translations, and assistant features that barely work. For AI to reach its full potential, consumer hardware must reinvent itself alongside it. This is the opportunity we see for Nothing. We see a future where operating systems are significantly different from the ones today. Each system will know its user deeply, and be hyper-personalised to each individual. Interfaces will adapt to our context and needs. Suggestions will surface naturally, and once we confirm an intent, agents will execute on our behalf. The system will handle the non-essential for us, allowing us to focus on what truly matters, which will be different for every person. Unlike today’s one-size-fits-all solution, a billion different operating systems will be rendered for a billion different people. Over time, this OS will be transversal across all form factors: We’re starting with smartphones, audio products and smart watches, devices that people already use every day. In the future, our OS will carry into smart glasses, humanoid robots, EVs, and whatever comes next. Why we are uniquely-positioned to create this future: Owning the last-mile distribution point with all its contextual and user knowledge is essential to developing an OS that will help people in their daily lives. An AI OS that doesn’t know its user and isn’t ever-present can’t deliver a hyper-personalised experience. This is the next chapter for Nothing, integrating an AI experience into our hardware devices to reinvent how technology amplifies us. The next billion unit scale product 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. In the coming years, we’ll learn that the more context we can feed our AI, the more useful it becomes. 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. A new class of AI-native devices will emerge. Products that are available to the user at the moment of need, paired with intelligence that turns understanding into action. This is a very exciting time, imagining devices that capture context across modalities and generate interfaces on demand, shaped by what the user is trying to accomplish. We have been hard at work imagining what this future could look like, and can’t wait to launch some of our first AI-native devices next year. Our Series C capital raise This funding round allows us to execute on this vision by accelerating our innovation roadmap and further scaling our distribution. Our round was led by Tiger Global, with significant support from existing shareholders GV, Highland Europe, EQT, Latitude, I2BF and Tapestry, alongside new strategic backing from Nikhil Kamath and Qualcomm Ventures. Alongside this Series C, we’re also preparing to launch our next Community round, giving our supporters another opportunity to become part of Nothing’s journey. More details will be shared soon. As we continue our journey, we do so with huge gratitude to our community, our team, and our partners. This next chapter is only possible because of you.

vaishnavvwarrier

Excited 🚀

bhanuchandra_95

Carl 💥💥💥

Amudhan_Sundararajan

They mentioned building new AI-driven devices (like a Rabbit R1 ) and a hyper-personalized OS for phones, wearables, and future devices like smart glasses. My question is: Are they developing a brand-new operating system to replace Nothing OS (currently Android-based), or will these devices run an enhanced Nothing OS with deeper AI integration built on top of Android? The announcement talks about a transformative OS, but I’m curious if it’s a total departure from Android or a supercharged version of what we already have. Any insights or thoughts on what this means for Nothing’s ecosystem?

Amol

Congratulations team Nothing. Looking forward to community investment round (3).

Bootloader_Lock

The start of a new era！

Rahul

❤️

Rubyeen

Congrats 🚀

CMF1_hacker

Carl well done, NOTHING team. Please celebrate with staff and a proper all-hands function 🙂 with proper entertainment 🙂

I’m looking forward to hearing about the community-funded possibilities.

Anonymous1235

Just as this was announced, Google has announced a £5bn AI investment in the UK’s tech industry:

BBC News - Google owner reveals £5bn AI investment in UK ahead of Trump visit

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmek723dz9o

This will be influential in Nothing’s AI Consumer implementation, as the gov might distribute the funds to different businesses and companies in the UK such as Nothing.

CMF1_hacker

Anonymous1235 there’s quite a bit going on at the moment. Particularly in Oxford quite close to where we just bought another place. EIT Oxford (Ellison, as in Oracle founder is hiring) and there’s a massive expansion in combining life sciences and computational resource. The new buildings can be seen from our rear garden (ARC Oxford) and front garden (Oxford Science Park South.) Great times to be living there watching it develop. I’d like to see the Cowley Branch line completed ASAP.

myidispg

Congratulations on the new round of funding! The way forward looks bright for the company.

Any idea where can the previous community investors can check the current valuations?

Ant-e-so-shial

Loved Nothing’s vision always. Can’t wait to be a part of your journey.

I’ll be there ✊

iambhuvan

Carl congratulations to the whole team, onwards and upwards 💪🏽

Termitis ☘️13☘️

Ο Ουρανός είναι το ταβάνι πολλά συγχαρητήρια σε όλη την ομάδα 🚀

Kenta

🚀🚀🚀

NakliShadyBhai

Carl all the very best to the Nothing team. Looking forward for the an intelligent future..

Sahil khan 🇮🇳

Carl let’s go 🚀

adbo

Amazing news! Keeping a close eye on announcements for the next community crowdfunding round 💪

Louis ☕️

Can’t wait to see what’s next. Congratulations on the start of Nothing, looking forward to seeing chapter 2 and beyond! Lets go 🔥

JonKirkwood

Awesome news! SO thankful nothing exists, love the sound of the next chapter. Keep doing what you’re doing!

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