Sonder Design

Sonder uses a transparent patented mechanism above a display which can dynamically change to adapt to the keyboard layout in use or to show the function of the key.

According to a report by The Guardian [4] and The Wall Street Journal,[5] Apple had approached the startup for acquisition with the assistance of Foxconn.

Sonder issued a press release stating that co-founder Francisco Serra-Martins did not meet with Apple CEO Tim Cook in Shenzhen, China on October 26, 2016, as reported.

S. Bigbie et al. published related ideas in an IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin (Vol.

A patent application filed on 13 March 2007 suggests that Apple Inc. may be working on a similar dynamically changeable organic light-emitting diode (OLED) keyboard.

Sonder keyboard.
Artist's impression of a Sonder keyboard module integrated into a Macbook.