{"slug": "midjourney-unveils-first-hardware-product-an-ultrasonic-scanner", "title": "Midjourney unveils first hardware product, an ultrasonic scanner", "summary": "Midjourney, known for AI image generation, announced its first hardware product: a full-body ultrasonic scanner using Butterfly Network's chip technology. The company paid $15 million upfront for exclusive licensing rights and hired former Apple Vision Pro engineer Ahmad Abbas as Head of Hardware.", "body_md": "# Midjourney unveils first hardware product, an ultrasonic scanner\n\nThe AI image generation company is pivoting hard into physical devices, starting with a full-body ultrasonic scanner built on Butterfly Network's chip technology\n\nMidjourney, the company best known for turning text prompts into AI-generated images, just announced something nobody had on their bingo card: a full-body ultrasonic scanner.\n\nIt’s the company’s first hardware product. Midjourney is also working on four additional hardware projects and four new software projects, all currently listed as TBA on its website.\n\n## From AI art to medical imaging\n\nMidjourney quietly signed a licensing agreement with Butterfly Network back in November 2025, securing exclusive rights to Butterfly’s ultrasound-on-chip technology for a range of applications.\n\nThe company paid $15 million upfront, committed to $10 million in annual licensing fees, and agreed to up to $9 million in milestone payments plus revenue sharing on any hardware that actually ships.\n\nButterfly Network reported Q3 2025 revenue of $21.5 million, beating market estimates. Its core product is a handheld ultrasound device that connects to a smartphone. More recently, Butterfly introduced Compass AI, a solution designed to improve ultrasound workflows through artificial intelligence.\n\n## Building the team to back it up\n\nIn 2024, the company hired Ahmad Abbas as its Head of Hardware. Abbas previously worked on Apple’s Vision Pro project.\n\n**Disclosure:** This article was edited by Editorial Team. For more information on how we create and review content, see our\n\n[Editorial Policy](https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-unveils-first-hardware-product-an-ultrasonic-scanner", "canonical_source": "https://cryptobriefing.com/midjourney-ultrasonic-scanner-hardware/", "published_at": "2026-06-18 01:45:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-18 01:53:46.450095+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Midjourney", "Butterfly Network", "Ahmad Abbas", "Apple", "Vision Pro"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-unveils-first-hardware-product-an-ultrasonic-scanner", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-unveils-first-hardware-product-an-ultrasonic-scanner.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-unveils-first-hardware-product-an-ultrasonic-scanner.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/midjourney-unveils-first-hardware-product-an-ultrasonic-scanner.jsonld"}}