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--- cmf [22 September 2026 09:29] – Updated with CMF brand split in September 2026. melvin
+++ cmf [22 September 2026 12:04] (current) – Approved melvin
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 {{infobox>
 name = CMF (company)
-image = :cmf:cmf_by_nothing_logo.webp|CMF logo
+image = :cmf:cmf_by_nothing_logo.webp|CMF by Nothing logo
 Source = [[https://www.androidpolice.com/cmf-by-nothing-sub-brand/|Android Police]]
 Founded= August 2023
-Company= CMF India Private Limited
+Company= CMF India Private Limited (Incorporated December 2025; independent since September 2026)
 Founders= [[:people#carl_pei|Carl Pei]], [[:people#akis_evangelidis|Akis Evangelidis]]
 Headquarters= India
-Former parent= [[nothing|Nothing Technology Limited]]
+Former parent= [[nothing|Nothing Technology Limited]] (August 2023 - September 2026)
-Key partner= Optiemus
+Key partner= [[https://www.optiemus.com|Optiemus]]
-Website = [[https://cmf.tech/|cmf.tech]]
+Website = [[https://nothing.tech/collections/cmf|nothing.tech/collections/cmf]]
 Latest Product(s) = [[cmf:cmf_audio#CMF Buds Neo|CMF Buds Neo]]
 }}
-CMF is a consumer technology brand founded in August 2023. Originally established as a sub-brand of [[nothing|Nothing Technology Limited]] (Nothing), CMF focuses on accessible, design-driven consumer products including smartphones, audio products and smartwatches. In September 2026, Nothing announced that CMF would be spun out into a standalone Indian company, majority-owned by Indian shareholders and headquartered in India. The new company will have its own team and research and development operations in India, while Nothing will remain a shareholder and partner.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
+CMF is a consumer technology brand founded in August 2023. Originally established as a sub-brand of [[nothing|Nothing Technology Limited]] (Nothing), CMF focuses on accessible, design-driven consumer products including smartphones, audio products and smartwatches.In September 2026, Nothing announced that CMF would operate as a standalone Indian company, majority-owned by Indian shareholders and headquartered in India. CMF will have its own team and research and development operations in India, while Nothing will remain a shareholder and partner.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
 ====== Company History ======
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 Alongside the main [[nothing|Nothing]] brand, the company introduced CMF in August 2023. Originally launched as a new sub-brand of Nothing, CMF focused on accessible, design-driven consumer products.((https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cmf-by-nothing-unveils-debut-products-301938640.html))
-CMF launched with three products: [[cmf:cmf_watch#CMF Watch Pro|CMF Watch Pro]], [[cmf:cmf_audio#CMF Buds Pro|CMF Buds Pro]] and CMF Power 65W. It has since released newer models of each of these products and expanded its product line into phones as well as diversifying its audio offering with the likes of [[cmf:cmf_audio#CMF Neckband Pro|CMF Neckband Pro]] and [[cmf:cmf_audio#CMF Headphone Pro|CMF Headphone Pro]].((https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cmf-by-nothing-unveils-debut-products-301938640.html))
+CMF launched with three products: [[cmf:cmf_watch#CMF Watch Pro|CMF Watch Pro]], [[cmf:cmf_audio#CMF Buds Pro|CMF Buds Pro]] and [[cmf:accessories#CMF Power 65W GaN|Power 65W GaN]] . It has since released newer models of each of these products and expanded its product line into phones as well as diversifying its audio offering with the likes of [[cmf:cmf_audio#CMF Neckband Pro|CMF Neckband Pro]] and [[cmf:cmf_audio#CMF Headphone Pro|CMF Headphone Pro]].((https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cmf-by-nothing-unveils-debut-products-301938640.html))
 On 25 September 2025, Nothing announced plans to establish CMF as an independent India-based business through a strategic joint venture with Optiemus. The venture was intended to expand manufacturing and research and development capabilities in India and develop CMF into a global consumer technology brand.((https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/nothing-turns-cmf-into-a-separate-company-chooses-india-as-headquarters-for-manufacturing-and-r-d-article-13581726.html))
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 CMF India Private Limited was incorporated in India on 23 December 2025.((https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/cmf-incorporates-as-an-independent-indian-subsidiary-nothing-akis-evangelidis-10469572))
-On 21 September 2026, Nothing co-founder and CEO Carl Pei announced in an article published on X that CMF would be spun out of Nothing and become a standalone Indian company. The new company would be majority Indian-owned, headquartered in India and have its own team and research and development operations in the country. Nothing would remain a shareholder and partner.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
+On 21 September 2026, Nothing co-founder and CEO [[:people#carl_pei|Carl Pei]] announced in an article published on X that CMF would be spun out of Nothing and become a standalone Indian company. The new company would be majority Indian-owned, headquartered in India and have its own team and research and development operations in the country. Nothing would remain a shareholder and partner.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
 ====== Corporate Structure ======
-CMF originally operated as a product line and sub-brand within [[nothing|Nothing Technology Limited]]. In September 2026, Carl Pei announced that CMF would transition from a product line inside the London-based Nothing company into a company of its own.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
+CMF originally operated as a product line and sub-brand within [[nothing|Nothing Technology Limited]]. In September 2026, [[:people#carl_pei|Carl Pei]] announced that CMF would transition from a product line inside the London-based Nothing company into a company of its own.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
-The new CMF company is intended to be incorporated, controlled and majority-owned in India, with its headquarters, team and research and development operations based in the country. Nothing will retain a stake in the company and continue as a shareholder and partner rather than remaining its parent company.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
+CMF will be controlled and majority-owned in India, with its headquarters, team and research and development operations based in the country. Nothing will retain a stake in the company and continue as a shareholder and partner rather than remaining its parent company.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
-Nothing will continue to support CMF through its existing technology, engineering capabilities, supplier relationships and global infrastructure. This includes capabilities developed through Nothing's existing operations such as Nothing OS, industrial design, camera processing and relationships with suppliers of components such as displays, chipsets and camera modules.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
+Nothing will continue to support CMF through its technology, engineering capabilities, supplier relationships and global infrastructure.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
 The transition builds on the strategic relationship between Nothing and Optiemus, which was announced in 2025 as part of plans to establish CMF as an India-based global consumer technology business.((https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/nothing-turns-cmf-into-a-separate-company-chooses-india-as-headquarters-for-manufacturing-and-r-d-article-13581726.html))
 ====== CMF Brand ======
+CMF is a well known term within product manufacturing, which stands for "Colour, Material, Finish", referring to three categories of product design. The CMF name reflects the brand's focus on design fundamentals, and the brand originally operated under the name CMF by Nothing.((https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cmf-by-nothing-unveils-debut-products-301938640.html))
-CMF is a well known term within product manufacturing, which stands for "Colour, Material, Finish", referring to three categories of product design. The brand adopted the term to reflect its focus on design fundamentals and originally operated under the name CMF by Nothing.((https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cmf-by-nothing-unveils-debut-products-301938640.html))
 ===== Products =====
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 ====== Software ======
+CMF phones run on [[software:nothing_os|Nothing OS]], the Android-based operating system developed by [[nothing|Nothing Technology Limited]]. Nothing will continue to support CMF through its technology and engineering capabilities following the separation.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
-CMF phones run on [[software:nothing_os|Nothing OS]], the Android-based operating system developed by [[nothing|Nothing Technology Limited]]. Following the planned separation, Nothing will continue to support CMF through its technology and engineering capabilities, including its existing software and global infrastructure.((https://x.com/getpeid/article/2101932554337362209))
 [[cmf:cmf_watch|CMF Watches]] originally utilised their own standalone [[:software:cmf_watch_app|CMF Watch app]], with functionality later integrated into the [[:software:nothing_x|Nothing X app]], which also supports [[cmf:cmf_audio|CMF Audio]] products.
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   * [[:people#carl_pei|Carl Pei]] - Co-founder & CEO of Nothing, and shareholder and partner of CMF.
   * [[:people#akis_evangelidis|Akis Evangelidis]] - Co-founder & president of Nothing India.
-  * Nothing's other [[:people|Key people]].
+  * Nothing's other [[:people|key people]].