# Bobak Tavangar

> Bobak Tavangar is the Singapore-based co-founder and CEO of Brilliant Labs, the open-source AI eyewear company behind Monocle, Frame, and Halo. An economics and management graduate who previously founded Infograph and worked as a program lead at Apple, he advocates lightweight hardware, developer participation, and privacy-conscious AI assistance.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Brilliant Labs
- **Organizations:** Brilliant Labs, Apple, Infograph, Microsoft
- **From:** Philadelphia, United States
- **Education:** George Washington University, Georgetown University, MPhil in Management, University of Cambridge
- **Known for:** Co-founded Brilliant Labs and led its Monocle, Frame, and Halo product progression., Built Infograph technology in graph search, computer vision, and geolocation, subsequently selling the technology., LinkedIn lists membership in Phi Beta Kappa and US patent 11448879 for AR systems design.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — First visited China during the Beijing Olympics; later described a Beijing-based Microsoft product-management internship.
- **—** — Founded Hong Kong-based Infograph after graduate school, working on graph search, computer vision, and geolocation; later sold its technology.
- **—** — Worked as an Apple program lead in Shanghai, including software within operations.
- **2019** — Left Apple and co-founded Brilliant Labs with Benjamin Heald and Raj Nakarja.
- **2023** — Brilliant Labs introduced Monocle, a clip-on open-source AR device.
- **2024** — Brilliant Labs introduced Frame smart glasses and the Noa assistant.
- **2025** — Brilliant Labs announced Halo on July 31.
- **2026** — Continued discussing Halo manufacturing, local AI processing, and the developer community in public interviews.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Brilliant Labs and led its Monocle, Frame, and Halo product progression.
- Built Infograph technology in graph search, computer vision, and geolocation, subsequently selling the technology.
- LinkedIn lists membership in Phi Beta Kappa and US patent 11448879 for AR systems design.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research snapshot: the Halo product page lists $399 and says first units are rolling off the production line, with an early-August shipping statement; its FAQ also says shipping will begin soon. These statements do not independently establish completed deliveries.
- **2026-05** — In a May 14 EE Journal interview, Tavangar said Foxconn was mass-producing Halo and discussed smartphone-local inference and a community exceeding 13,000 across GitHub and Discord.
- **2026-01** — Joined Jason Hiner on The Deep View Conversations on January 30 to discuss his career, co-founder relationships, open source, and Halo.
- **2025-08** — Brilliant Labs published the Road to Halo series explaining operational changes, conversational AI, memory, and hardware tradeoffs.

## Links

- Website: https://brilliant.xyz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobak-tavangar-29445012/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/btavangar

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