# Brilliant Labs

> Brilliant Labs is a Singapore-based maker of open-source AI eyewear. Its path from the clip-on Monocle to Frame and now Halo shows a small hardware company learning in public: sell a $349 device, give developers the code and schematics, watch what breaks, then redesign around ordinary wear, longer battery life, privacy, memory, and apps created with natural language.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Founders:** Bobak Tavangar (Co-founder and CEO), Raj Nakarja (Co-founder), Ben Heald (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 10 employees
- **Products:** Monocle, Frame, Noa, Halo, Noa+
- **Notable:** Shipped Monocle, an open-source clip-on AR developer device, in 2023., Reached $6 million in total disclosed financing by February 2024., Turned Frame into a 39-gram, prescription-compatible consumer form factor.

## Products & services

- **Monocle** — A $349 clip-on, pocket-sized open-source AR display built as a programmable development platform.
- **Frame** — Open-source 39-gram AI glasses with a monocular 640 x 400 display, camera, microphone, Bluetooth connection, and the Noa multimodal assistant.
- **Noa** — Brilliant Labs' cloud-connected conversational AI agent for visual questions, translation, search, image generation, and memory-oriented interaction.
- **Halo** — Third-generation open-source AI glasses with a color microOLED display, optical and motion sensors, dual microphones, bone-conduction audio, and an Alif Balletto B1 processor.
- **Noa+** — A $19.99-per-month tier with larger allowances for memory, real-time conversation, and natural-language app creation.
- **Brilliant SDK** — Developer tools, documentation, firmware, mobile libraries, and design files for building applications and modifying Brilliant hardware.

## Achievements

- Shipped Monocle, an open-source clip-on AR developer device, in 2023.
- Reached $6 million in total disclosed financing by February 2024.
- Turned Frame into a 39-gram, prescription-compatible consumer form factor.
- Built a public developer ecosystem spanning firmware, a Flutter app, Python SDKs, documentation, and hardware design files.
- Frame sold out before Brilliant Labs introduced Halo in 2025.
- Announced a strategic silicon partnership with Alif Semiconductor in March 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Brilliant Labs unveiled Halo, its third product, initially at $299 with a late-2025 shipping target.
- **2025-08** — The company published its Road to Halo series, describing changes to the team, supply chain, hardware architecture, and Noa software after Frame.
- **2025-12** — Updated privacy and service terms formally covered Halo, Frame, Monocle, Noa, mobile apps, and cloud services.
- **2026-03** — Brilliant Labs and Alif Semiconductor announced a strategic partnership around Halo's B1 chip and future custom silicon.
- **2026-08** — The official Halo product page listed a $349 price and said shipping starts in Q1 2026; public Halo firmware repositories were actively updated in August 2026.

## Links

- Website: https://brilliant.xyz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brilliantlabsltd
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brilliantlabsar
- GitHub: https://github.com/brilliantlabsAR
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@brilliantlabsAR
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brilliantlabsar/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/BrilliantLabsAR/?locale=mt_MT

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Last updated: 2026-08-21