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Mentra (YC W25) — Building the open source smart glasses operating system

Mentra is building the open source operating system for smart glasses. The smart glasses hardware is finally ready, so we're building the OS and app store to power the next computing platform.

Mentra is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Building the open source smart glasses operating system. The founders listed are Cayden Pierce (Founder/CEO), Alexander Israelov (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 31, 2025).

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Mentra

New accelerator entry · 2025-01-31 · the record

Winter 2025
batch
12
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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BatchWinter 2025
Announced2025-01-31
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size12
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Virtual and Augmented Reality
SectorsArtificial Intelligence, Hardware, Consumer, Open Source, AR
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://mentra.glass

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Mentra is building the open source operating system for smart glasses. The smart glasses hardware is finally ready, so we're building the OS and app store to power the next computing platform.

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