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Backlight bought the tools. Now it is fixing the handoffs.
Six specialist products, one expensive problem: the time lost between making a video and getting it seen. Backlight is turning a portfolio of media software into a connected production line.
High Fidelity Built a World. The Useful Part Was Invisible.
After more than $70 million and one bruising VR retreat, High Fidelity discovered that the most valuable piece of its virtual world was the thing nobody could see: the sound of people sharing a room.
Avail Put the Operating Room Online - Then the Money Went Quiet
A six-foot telepresence tower, free hospital placement and paid remote access gave medical-device experts a door into surgery. Hundreds of consoles later, the financing market delivered the one problem Avail could not route around.
Owl Labs
Owl Labs is a Boston-based company that builds AI-powered, 360-degree video conferencing devices for hybrid organizations. Its flagship Meeting Owl line is an all-in-one camera, microphone, and speaker that automatically pans and zooms to whoever is talking, aiming to give remote participants an equal seat at the table. Combined with its Owl Intelligence System software and its widely cited annual State of Hybrid Work report, Owl Labs positions itself at the intersection of meeting-room hardware and the broader conversation about how distributed teams work.
iQ3Connect
iQ3Connect is a Woburn, Massachusetts company that runs a web-based XR platform for enterprise training and 3D collaboration. Its no-code tools let manufacturers turn existing CAD, digital-twin, and point-cloud data into interactive VR, AR, desktop, and mobile experiences that open in a standard browser - no app install required. Founded in 2017 out of MIT research by Ali Merchant, the company serves aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, and oil and gas customers with immersive assembly training, safety procedures, remote design reviews, and multi-user virtual classrooms.