Light has been ahead of the curve - it introduced a camera with 16 lenses back in 2015, before LG kicked off the multi-camera craze in the smartphone world with the G5 in 2016 (and most phones are still at 2). Now the company has scored a sizable $121 million Series D round lead by SoftBank's Vision Fund (but Leica also participated). A smartphone with Light's technology is set to launch by the end of the year. It won't go up to 16, but the smartphone tech supports up to a still-insane 9 cameras. Concept of a Light-powered phone camera Automotive applications are also on the...
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