Mentra's own smartglass design. Source: Mentra
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Mentra raises $8M and launches MentraOS 2.0 open-source smartglasses software

Mentra has raises $8 million and launched MentraOS 2.0, an open-source operating system and app store for smart glasses.

MentraOS 2.0 is a cloud-native, cross-device platform that finally gives smartglasses the software layer smartphones have had for over a decade. It’s already used more than eight hours a day by deaf and hard-of-hearing users, and ships with built-in apps for live captions, translation, notifications and a proactive AI assistant. It also has an app store.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.