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MIRA builds AI smart glasses with a waveguide display that provide live speech translation, real-time transcription, and on-demand information retrieval. The company also offers an SDK for developers to create apps spanning games, hands-free work tools, and AI-agent integrations.
Also known as Halo
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Mira is a San Francisco-based consumer hardware and AI company developing smart glasses intended to function as a "second brain" by continuously listening, transcribing conversations and surfacing relevant information on a private in-lens display. The device provides recall of past conversations, real-time translation in more than 60 languages, instant answers and proactive assistance, and is positioned as a cognitive aid rather than a recording or general-purpose AR product.
The product line comprises MIRA Glasses (dual waveguide displays, 39 grams, roughly 10-hour battery, 640x480 private display), a MIRA Ring for discreet gesture control (stainless steel, water-resistant to 50m/5ATM), and a MIRA app for iOS and desktop offering a searchable archive, agents and custom AI settings. Glasses are priced at $649 non-prescription and $749 with prescription lenses (1.74 index); core transcription and translation are free, with an optional $20/month subscription for unlimited AI queries. The company reports 9 patents filed.
Founding story
Mira was founded in 2024 by AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, who met as builders in Harvard's makerspace and later left the university. Their earlier hardware experiments, including a viral I-XRAY face-recognition smart glasses demonstration, drew more than 80 million views online, which the founders cited as validation of consumer interest in everyday wearable AI. Nguyen, who previously ran a phone repair business, leads product experience, comfort and daily usability, while Ardayfio is responsible for the low-latency infrastructure behind the device.
Business model
Hardware sales of glasses and a companion ring, complemented by a software subscription. The glasses sell for $649 (non-prescription) and $749 (prescription), with core transcription and translation included at no cost and an optional $20 per month premium AI assistant tier for unlimited queries.
Direct-to-consumer device sales plus a recurring $20/month premium AI assistant subscription layered on a free tier covering transcription and translation.
Traction
Over 1,300 users were cited at the January 2026 announcement, and the company later reported roughly 2,000 pairs of glasses shipped. Team size is reported in the range of 7-25, with a LinkedIn listing of 2-10 and active engineering hiring.
Latest developments
Following its first shipments in early 2026 and an April 30, 2026 keynote, Mira offers a three-device ecosystem of glasses, ring and app; prescription lens orders are slated to ship from late July 2026.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
An early-stage but commercially shipping entrant in AI wearables, positioned around memory augmentation and agentic assistance rather than visual AR, and competing with camera-centric or assistant-style devices such as Meta Ray-Ban, Rabbit R1 and the discontinued Humane AI Pin.
Camera-free, audio-only capture with claimed sub-500ms responses, privacy measures including on-device transcript storage and deletion of audio after transcription, a three-device ecosystem (glasses, ring, app) with continuous contextual memory and agentic task automation, and hardware the company describes as half the weight and twice the battery life of existing smart glasses.
Technology
Audio-first, camera-free wearable combining always-on audio capture and transcription with dual waveguide private displays and a gesture-control ring. The company claims real-time AI responses under 500 milliseconds (earlier investor materials cited sub-700 milliseconds), a 39-gram frame and about 10 hours of battery. Omitting the camera is described as reducing latency and privacy exposure; audio is deleted after transcription and transcripts are stored on the user's device rather than company servers.
Go-to-market
Direct online sales with non-prescription orders shipping within 72 hours and prescription orders shipping from late July 2026; the iOS app is live while Android is not yet available. The founders' viral hardware demonstrations generated substantial early online attention ahead of launch.
Productivity-focused professionals and knowledge workers, with early target users including executives, sales teams and engineers, as well as privacy-conscious consumers seeking memory and translation assistance.
Geography
Headquartered in San Francisco, California. Commercial shipping is stated as US-only with free US shipping, although employee posts have claimed units shipped around the world; no formal international expansion has been announced.
History
The company originally operated under the name Halo and rebranded to Mira around the time of its seed financing. It announced a $6.6 million seed round led by General Catalyst (reported as November 2025, publicly announced with product details in January 2026), shipped its first product in early 2026, held a keynote product launch around April 30, 2026, and reports having shipped roughly 2,000 pairs of glasses.
Risks & controversies
The always-on listening model raises privacy considerations that the company addresses through a camera-free design, deletion of audio after transcription and user-controlled transcripts stored on device. Availability constraints include US-only shipping and the absence of an Android application. Reported unit volumes and shipment figures are company-reported.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsMira held a keynote/major product launch around April 30, 2026, per founder posts.
Mira began shipping its first product in approximately early 2026, per a founder post.
Mira publicly announced its seed round and product details, presenting an audio-first smart glasses wearable priced at $649 and citing over 1,300 users.
Mira, formerly known as Halo, raised a $6.6 million seed round led by General Catalyst to build AI-powered smart glasses; other reported participants include Naval Ravikant, Pillar VC, Village Global, Morningside Ventures and Soma Capital.
$6.6M source ↗
The company rebranded from Halo to Mira alongside its seed announcement, reflecting its positioning around AI smart glasses acting as a 'second brain'.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Mira do?
- Mira builds audio-first, camera-free AI smart glasses positioned as a "second brain" for memory recall and translation.
- Who are Mira's investors?
- Mira's investors include General Catalyst, Bitkraft Esports Ventures, Naval Ravikant, Pillar VC, Soma Capital, Village Global.