Former OpenAI Codex engineer Daniel Edrisian left to found Blackstar, securing $12 million in seed funding for AI hardware.

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ME News, April 23 (UTC+8), according to Beating monitoring, OpenAI Codex team engineer Daniel Edrisian announced his departure to found a hardware company called Blackstar Computers, positioned as a "new type of computer that knows its user." The company completed a $12 million seed round led by Abstract, with participation from SV Angel, Naval Ravikant, Chapter One, and Timeless. Edrisian said software problems have basically been solved, building applications is already easy, and the next improvement in the way humans and AI communicate requires changing the operating system. The Blackstar website describes the company as "rethinking computing from the ground up: hardware, software, and everything in between." The team currently has 8 people, working in person, split between San Francisco and Shenzhen. Job openings cover electrical engineering, embedded systems, mechanical engineering, software, machine learning, and industrial design. Edrisian previously founded Alex, an AI programming tool for Apple Xcode, and joined the Codex division after his team was acquired by OpenAI in 2025. (Source: Beating)
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