{"id":20716,"date":"2026-10-08T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20716"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:02:46","slug":"teenage-engineerings-ceo-says-itll-stop-making-synths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20716","title":{"rendered":"Teenage Engineering\u2019s CEO says it\u2019ll stop making synths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0 0 1em; padding:0.6em 0.9em; border:1px solid #d0d7de; border-radius:6px; background:#f6f8fa; color:#444; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>AI-rewritten:<\/strong> This is a summary of an article from The Verge, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\"><strong>The Verge &bull; Terrence O\u2019Brien &bull; October 7, 2026<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Teenage Engineering founder and CEO Jesper Kouthoofd told Highsnobiety that the company plans to stop making synthesizers, including the iconic OP-1 launched in 2011. This decision follows a reorganization last fall when he informed his team of the shift.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kouthoofd explained that while the company is also a design firm collaborating with brands like Ikea and Nothing, its products are primarily music-focused. He stated that for Teenage Engineering, &quot;the products aren&#8217;t the business,&quot; suggesting they can be more than just hardware makers.<\/p>\n<p>Teenage Engineering did not immediately return a request for comment regarding these plans.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:2em; padding:1em; border-left:4px solid #0073aa; background:#f5f7fa;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> The Verge &bull; Terrence O\u2019Brien &bull; October 7, 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0.5em 0 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/gadgets\/1007489\/teengage-engineering-stop-making-synths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article at The Verge &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-rewritten: This is a summary of an article from The Verge, rewritten by AI (Qwen, running locally) to make it easier to read. The facts come from the original article &ndash; read it for the full story. The Verge &bull; Terrence O\u2019Brien &bull; October 7, 2026 Teenage Engineering founder and CEO Jesper Kouthoofd told Highsnobiety<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=20716\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}