Mentra
mentraglass.com
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AR & VR Software
Virtual & Augmented Reality
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$8M
1 round on record
Latest round
$8M
Venture round · Jun 2025 · 15 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
2
Y Combinator, Toyota Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
15 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 15
Launched Mentra Releases First Smart Glasses With An App Store · Mentra
Jun 29, 2025
Released an app Mentra - The Smart Glasses App · App Store
Jun 27, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $8M · GamesBeat
Jan 2025
Went through Y Combinator
2021
Founded
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Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
App Store
3.7 ★
35 ratings
Hacker News stories
2
best: 2 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jun 2025 | $8M | — | GamesBeat |
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Y Combinator 
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News
Mentra Roadmap Update: Moving to Miniapps on the Phone
MentraOS is updating to a new architecture where apps run on the phone, inside a local Javascript runtime.
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Press January 16, 2026 Your Ray-Ban Meta Alternative Is Open-Source, And That Changes Everything Read article
Your Ray-Ban Meta Alternative Is Open-Source, And That Changes Everything
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These $299 smart glasses best Ray-Ban Meta with YouTube livestreams, app store Gallery
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Mentra's first smart glasses are open-source and come with their own app store
The Mentra Live start shipping in February and cost $299.
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These Ray-Ban Meta challengers will fulfill all your livestreaming dreams
Up to and including a certain adult social media site
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Mentra Releases First Smart Glasses With An App Store
Mentra Releases First Smart Glasses With An App Store
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Mentra Raises $8 Million To Launch Open-Source OS For Smart Glasses
Mentra raises $8M to launch MentraOS 2.0, an open-source XR operating system for smart glasses backed by Y Combinator.
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Mentra raises $8M and launches MentraOS 2.0 open-source smartglasses software
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$140k
Typical range
$140k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Staff
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 1 | $140k | $140k |
Highest paying role
Business Operations and Finance Lead
$140k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
100% ▲
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
San Francisco
San Francisco
United States
HQ
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $140k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Financials
Total raised
$8M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2025 | $8M | Details |