Join / Sign In Carl Pei's Nothing company has Google's backing, and it's building an 'ecosystem' of devices Nothing will release headphones this spring and other devices later this year, the OnePlus founder told Bloomberg. Listen - 01:56 Carl Pei's mystery company Nothing. Nothing Two weeks ago, OnePlus founder Carl Pei officially launched his new venture -- a consumer electronics company called Nothing. It might not sound like much so far, but Nothing is backed by GV (previously Google Ventures), which invested $15 million in the company. This entirely financed the company's latest funding round, according to a press release issued Tuesday. GV is the investment arm of Google's parent company Alphabet, which has previously invested in companies including Uber and Slack. GV is now the latest addition to a list of prominent backers financing Nothing, including Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave and YouTuber Casey Neistat.