{
  "id": 9109645,
  "title": "Optiemus to do CMF’s full-stack smartphone R&D",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/optiemus-to-do-cmfs-full-stack-smartphone-r-d",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-22T07:58:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
    "slug": "the-hindu-sci-tech",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/optiemus-to-do-cmfs-full-stack-smartphone-rampd/article71494648.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nothing's CEO Carl Pei announced that the CMF (Complete Mobile Factory) will become a standalone Indian entity, separate from Nothing. In response, the Noida-based Optiemus Group has joined the upcoming Series A investment round for CMF. The companies aim to transform CMF into India's first smartphone brand with full-stack, end-to-end R&D capabilities. This partnership builds upon the manufacturing joint venture (JV) announced in September 2025, which will now encompass manufacturing, ownership, and R&D under a single Indian entity.\n\nCMF's investment in local R&D and engineering in India seeks to shift the focus from manufacturing towards technology development and global exports. Pei emphasized India's potential as a global technology powerhouse, boasting engineering talent, a large consumer market, strong manufacturing capabilities, and a supportive government. He added that Optiemus's manufacturing expertise, combined with the policy environment enabling R&D and innovation at scale, will help build India's first full-stack smartphone R&D capability through CMF.\n\nAshok Gupta, Optiemus's Executive Chairman, expressed pride in building this capability from scratch with CMF and Nothing.",
  "summary": "The JV will now move into a deeper, more comprehensive partnership that will do manufacturing, ownership, and R&D under a single Indian entity with CMF",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}