In 2020, Carl Pei left OnePlus to start a new company that tries to stick out from the crowd with its unique products and a rather interesting name—Nothing. The startup is very new with just one smartphone and a couple of TWS earphones in the market. Following the success of the Nothing Phone 1, the company is gearing up to launch its successor, called Phone 2. And to make sure the handset sticks the landing, Nothing has made some key hires from its CEO’s former employer OnePlus, says a report.

“Seventy percent of the software team at Nothing are from OnePlus”

Inverse reports that Nothing has been hunting talent from OnePlus. As per the outlet, the Carl Pei-led startup has hired several former high-level OnePlus members who played a key role in building the brand. This is apparently to make sure the upcoming Nothing Phone 2 becomes a successful release.

Nothing Phone 1

A huge chunk of Nothing’s software and hardware teams are made up of former OnePlus employees, a source familiar with the company’s operations tells Inverse. The source, who asked to remain anonymous, said that 70% of the software team and 30% of the hardware team are from OnePlus.

As per the report, Kyle Kiang, former OnePlus Chief Marketing Officer, has joined Nothing as Vice President of North America. He will apparently be leading the global launch of the Nothing Phone 2. In addition, the Nothing OS is reportedly being designed by a team of ex-OnePlus software leads, including Shawn Liu, one of the co-founders of Nothing.

Liu used to be the head of mobile product development at OnePlus and led the development of OxygenOS. He is now said to be tasked with bringing that same design philosophy to Nothing OS. Cookie Xu and Sam Lee, two ex-OnePlus software leads who are now reported to be in charge of software products and mobile software respectively at Nothing, are also playing a key role in the design of Nothing OS.

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