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{{Short description|Singapore-based technology company}}
{{MCN|date=December 2024}}
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'''Brilliant Labs''' is a [[Singapore]]-based technology company that produces open source eyewear featuring artificial intelligence (AI).

Brilliant Labs was founded in 2019 in Hong Kong by Bobak Tavangar, a former [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] program lead. Tavangar said he saw the potential for integrating the capabilities of [[artificial intelligence]] into glasses to give consumers "visual superpowers." The goal was to use an [[open source]] platform for development that would allow for creators to access the company's code and create new [[App store|apps]] for devices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Zinnia |title=Meet The Tiny Startup Aiming To Take On Apple And Meta With AI-Powered Smart Glasses |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zinnialee/2024/01/15/meet-the-tiny-startup-aiming-to-take-on-apple-and-meta-with-ai-powered-smart-glasses/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

In January 2024, the company introduced its first product, Frame{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}, which were glasses that looked similar to those worn by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] co-founder [[Steve Jobs]]. They were designed to be indistinguishable from regular eyeglasses and would be worn by those who wore prescription lenses. The glasses were enabled for audio with a voice assistant called Noa and featured an AI search engine called [[Perplexity.ai|Perplexity]]. They came at a time when other companies introduced similar products, like [[Humane Inc.|AI Pin from Humane]], [[Rabbit r1|R1 from Rabbit]], or [[Vision Pro]] from [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], and came after other products, like [[Google Glass]] or [[HoloLens]] from [[Microsoft]] did not gain traction. Prior to this, the company offered the Monocle, an [[Augmented reality|augmented reality (AR)]] lens that attached to traditional glasses, and which also used open source software.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=V. B. |date=2024-01-31 |title=Cisco AI Readiness Index finds that ambition is still outpacing readiness |url=https://venturebeat.com/ai/cisco-ai-readiness-index-finds-that-ambition-is-still-outpacing-readiness/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ina |first=Fried |title=Ex-Apple exec launches AI-powered specs |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/generative-ai-glasses-frame-apple-brilliant-labs |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref>

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