Why wait to access image editing software when you can do it right when you take the photo? This is the starting point of the thinking of the start-up Camera Intelligence. Caira is the culmination of this. This accessory attaches to the back of an iPhone equipped with Magsafe technology.
More than an accessory, it is a true micro 4/3 camera housed in a compact body to which compatible lenses can be attached. But that’s not all, a final layer powers everything: AI. In this case, Caira integrates Nano Banana, codename for Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, a Google sign language model dedicated to image creation. Thanks to this model, Caira allows you to edit photos on the go.
Ethical use of AI
Lighting, colorimetry, but also changing elements of a scene (like water into wine), everything seems possible. Because in addition to the basic options accessible through buttons and menus, you can write or orally dictate a message to better modify the photo you just took. Added to this is the complete integration with iOS. Edited photos can be easily transferred to an iPhone.
In addition to Google’s language model, Caira offers interchangeable lenses (Micro 4/3 type), a novelty in the case of a hybrid camera.
The concept seems very promising and it is possible to finance it through Kickstarter, its campaign will launch on October 30.
In a press release, Camera Intelligence explains that it adopted Nano Banana for its reliability and the editing quality that this model offers: “Its all-in-one editing capacity is exceptional, often offering perfect results in a single attempt and without unwanted hallucinations.”
The startup also specifies that it wants to offer an ethical approach to AI, with safeguards that allow, for example, preventing users from modifying the skin color of a person taken in a photograph or facial features. It therefore complied with Google’s generative AI use policy, which outlines the contours of image generation.
Therefore, Camera Intelligence is primarily made for geeky photographers who want to modify a photo on the fly, without having to take the photo and then modify it in Photoshop or other tools built into smartphones. In principle, the idea is therefore relevant, but it remains to be seen at what cost. We will have to wait for the launch of the Kickstarter campaign to find out a little more.
If successful, Camera Intelligence could quickly convince new investors to embark on its adventure that began in London in 2024. The British company raised €1.7 million in September 2025 to accelerate its development.
Source: BFM TV
