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GoPro Merges with Starman Optical in Massive $285M AI and Defense Expansion
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Photonics & Optics
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United States
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Fusion42 · 2 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
GoPro is merging with Starman Optical in a $285 million deal to eliminate debt and scale domestic optics production, expanding into AI data centre hardware and defense sectors with U.S.-made optical transceivers.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Photonics & Optics, and 2 sources have reported it.
◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway
You must now build your supply chain on US soil as GoPro shifts optics and AI hardware production domestically, opening a rare customer route for optics and defence tech suppliers.
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2 sources · 2 Sep 2026
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Photonics & Opticsmergerdomestic-productionopticsai-infrastructuredefense