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GoPro to expand into AI data centers after $285 million merger with optical-photonics company — move to solve camera maker’s financial woes, move manufacturing back into the US

GoPro, the iconic action camera maker facing a financial crisis, announced a transformative merger with Starman Optical, a privately held optical-photonics company. The $285 million deal will expand GoPro beyond its core camera business into the booming AI data center infrastructure market, move manufacturing back to the United States, and address an existential liquidity crisis that had sparked a going-concern warning.