Brilliant Labs is an AR Glasses company founded in 2019 and based in Singapore, Singapore. It has raised $6M in total funding, most recently a Seed in 2024.
| Date | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2024 | Seed | — | — | John Hanke |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Seed | $3M | — | Wayfarer Foundation, Coho Deeptech |
| Jun 27, 2023 |
| Seed |
| $3M |
| — |
| Brendan Iribe, Adam Cheyer, Eric Migicovsky, Plug and Play Ventures |

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Brilliant Labs' first AR device, Monocle is a lightweight single-lens AR attachment designed for developers and tech enthusiasts. Weighing 15 grams and measuring 43mm wide, it features a transparent design that can be attached to existing glasses. The device includes a small color OLED display, 5-megapixel camera, embedded microphones, and sensors, powered by a custom Lua-based operating system. Fully open-source under MIT license, Monocle serves as a proof-of-concept for accessible AR experimentation, enabling developers to prototype AR overlays and interact with AI models locally.
8 patents on file, but none with both an extractable figure and an abstract on Google Patents yet.