Brilliant Labs is a Singapore-based hardware startup building open-source AI-powered eyewear that fuses augmented reality with on-device artificial intelligence. Its first product, Frame, launched in early 2024 as a lightweight multimodal AI glasses platform for developers and tinkerers, with backing from Niantic CEO John Hanke. In 2025 the company unveiled its second-generation Halo glasses, a $349 device featuring a color microOLED display, bone-conduction speakers, an integrated AI processor, an ultra-low-power optical sensor and roughly 14-hour battery life. Halo pairs with Noa, Brilliant Labs' AI agent, which holds realtime multimodal conversations about anything the wearer sees, hears or imagines and remembers interactions to grow more personalized over time. By keeping the platform open-source and developer-friendly, Brilliant Labs positions itself as a tinkerer-first alternative to closed smart-glasses ecosystems from Meta and Apple. The company has raised seed and angel financing to fund hardware development and scaling.
Brilliant Labs
ActiveOpen-source AI smart glasses with on-device multimodal intelligence
Total raised
$6M
1 round
Stage
Seed
Team
11-50
since 2019
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2019
Singapore, Singapore
Agent-ready
API
Score 55/100
Color microOLED heads-up display
On-device multimodal AI processor
Noa AI agent for realtime visual Q&A
Bone-conduction audio
Ultra-low-power optical sensor
~14-hour battery life
Open-source hardware and SDK
Prescription-compatible frames
55/100
Developing
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
— Seed $6M incl. Brilliant Labs angel investors +1
Capital network
$6M raised ·2 backers
- Backers2
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- What is Halo?
- Halo is Brilliant Labs' second-generation open-source AI smart glasses with a color microOLED display and on-device AI, priced at $349.
- Is the platform open source?
- Yes. Brilliant Labs publishes its hardware designs and SDK openly for developers.
- What is Noa?
- Noa is the built-in multimodal AI agent that answers questions about what the wearer sees and hears in real time.
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