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Designs smart eyewear with integrated audio + voice AI (Lucyd Lyte), retailed through optical chains rather than tech channels — the eyewear-first distribution play.

AR Glasses · IPO $7.3M

AR Glasses

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Builds Frame, an open-source AI-first AR glasses platform aimed at developers — the indie-developer entry point to building on glasses-form-factor hardware.

AR Glasses · Seed

AR Glasses

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Ships the G1 smart glasses — minimalist eyewear-shaped AR with monochrome HUD for navigation, captions, and notifications; positioned for everyday wear.

AR Glasses · Series A

AR Glasses

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Spun off from Snap on Jan 28, 2026, taking the Spectacles AR glasses unit independent and seeking minority investment to scale standalone.

AR Glasses

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