The Future of Work:

AI for 120M Industrial Workers, Delivered by Smart Glasses

Smart glasses are no longer hype. Global demand is surging. Optaric delivers the architecture that enterprise can actually deploy.

Raising $5M SAFE · $15M Post-Money Cap

Dr. Chris Parkinson · Derrick Sawyer · Owen Loughrey

The Founding Team

We helped build this category.

Now we're defining what comes next.

Founders of RealWear. Key leaders behind Vuzix's growth. This isn't their first time.

Dr. Chris Parkinson - CEO

Founder of RealWear. Former President of Enterprise Solutions at Vuzix. Inventor on 42 patents in wearables. Ventures that raised $120M+.

Derrick Sawyer - CRO

CRO at RealWear. VP Enterprise Sales at Vuzix. Built multi-million dollar two-tier channel ecosystems across telco, distribution, VAR, and SI.

Owen Loughrey - COO

VP Operations (Global) at RealWear. VP Enterprise Partnerships at Vuzix. Built RealWear's global channel program from zero.

Market Opportunity

Enterprise Smart Glasses Market:

The Opportunity is Now


Optaric Solution: AI delivery for the frontline

The Optaric Solution comprises Optaric Guard Smart Glasses coupled with Optaric Link Control Layer

Optaric Guard

Enterprise Smart Glasses

Thin-Client Accessory

Optaric Link

Smartphone Control Platform

iOS / Android

Zero New IT Attack Surface

AI under full Enterprise Control


  • Glasses are secure thin clients - display, camera, and input only. No apps and no data on the device.
  • One platform governs devices, users, apps, and workflows - including real-time video, remote assist, and AI
  • Open SDK: build once on the smartphone, deploy across all Optaric glasses
  • Leverages MDM-managed iOS & Android smartphones as the processing layer - zero new security surface



Optaric Guard:

Smart glasses for demanding environments

Drop-proof, watertight, dust protected, and less than 60g



  


Available in 3 models to address a range of use cases: Full color device with binocular display, a cost-effective green screen device with binocular display and a camera only device for onboard AI capture and processing

Built for capital efficiency.

1st Generation headworn computing spent $4B+ building this category. (Hololens, Magic Leap, RealWear, Vuzix). That work is done.

10× lower NRE. $0.6M to production-ready vs. $6M industry standard. Direct ODM relationships, not custom silicon.

One platform, three products. Shared electronics base across all three SKUs. Differentiation through frames, shields, optics - not chip redesigns.

5 months to first units. Leveraging in-development smart-glasses platforms with production-ready electronics. Strong relations with ODMs

Margins compound: 40–63% on hardware, 81% on software ARR.

Optaric stands on Gen 1's shoulders - and ships at a fraction of the capital.

The Optaric Advantage

Meta, Google, Apple, Samsung are bringing smart glasses to the consumer market.

AI Agnostic

Big Tech's smart-glasses strategy is an AI delivery vehicle:

Meta Ray-Ban → Meta AI cloud • Google Android XR → Gemini • Apple Vision Pro → Apple Intelligence

Enterprise need the freedom to choose their own, secure, on-premise AI strategy

Rugged

Consumer devices aren't built for full-shift industrial wear, drop environments, or temperature extremes.

Safety certified

No ANSI Z87.1 / EN safety rating. Cannot be used as PPE. Cannot enter regulated worksites.

Usable for long shifts

Battery life is the Achilles heel of smart glasses. Having a tethered battery pack for extended use is not an option for many enterprises where safety is paramount

Multi-user applicable

Optical prescription is personalized per user. The moment a device is shared across a shift, the product breaks.


Vuzix

Vuzix is retrenching to become an OEM waveguide supplier and moving away from a products company.

RealWear

Form-factor not gaining traction at scale. Corporate direction is focusing on its own operating system


GO TO MARKET

Two revenue streams. One de-risks the other.



REVENUE BUILD-UP

One Customer, $3.97M Gross Profit

Nuclear company: initial 1,000-units in 2027; additional 2,600 units in 2028.

Customer Scope

2027: Deployment of 1,000 devices for nuclear inspection

2028: Expansion of further 2,600 devices to adjacent sectors to include Rail, Construction & Utilities

Revenue per Unit

  • MSRP: $2,100
  • Channel Discount: 25%
  • Optaric Net: $1,575
  • Optaric BOM: $490
  • Year 2 Link Renewal: $120
  • Year 3 Link Renewal: $120

Revenue per Year

2027:

Net: $1.57M Gross Profit: $1.08M

2028:

Net: $4.1M Gross Profit: $2.82M

SW Renewals: $90K Profit: $70K

Total Gross Profit: $3.97M


This example demonstrates significant revenue generation and strong gross margins from early adopter accounts.

Pre-Order Pipeline

Since attending AWE in 2026 we have built significant traction with Enterprise customers across many verticals and various use cases, keen to place pre-orders to get priority access initial product build. Opportunities are driven by our Early Innovator Program (EIP)


TOTAL PRE-ORDER PIPELINE

US $2.05M


Lead opportunities in our Hubspot CRM:

Financials & Roadmap

Traction, Revenue and Scale

May 2026

Optaric Launch
(complete)

AUGUST 2026

Early adopter deployments entering procurement and investment decision phase:

  • Nuclear Inspection
  • Heavy Equipment Inspection
  • IT / Digital Transformation
  • Automotive

Q3 2026

First devices, field-trials

Q4 2026

Mass production and general availability


FY2027 modeled on committed early-adopter pipeline + channel pre-positioning. 2028 and 2029 sees continual expansion.


Financial Highlights

Gross margins of 40–63% on hardware and 81% on software drive strong unit economics at scale.

13,800

Optaric Smart Glasses

Projected FY 2027 unit volume

35%

EBITDA Margin

Achieved by FY 2028


The Ask

$5M SAFE • $15M Post-money cap

Round structure

  • SAFE note at a $15M post-money valuation cap.
  • MFN protection on future SAFE tranches
  • Round closing in Q3 2026
  • 18-month runway to Series A.
  • SAFE note converting at Series A

Why This Round Works

Consumer giants are driving mass adoption of smart glasses, creating a narrow window for enterprise platforms to emerge before ecosystems lock in.

The team that founded and scaled the two leading industrial smart glass companies is now building the next generation - with a pipeline of named enterprise companies already waiting.

Gen 1 failed because compute lived on the device - driving bulk, limiting battery, creating security friction, and preventing scalable application ecosystems.

Optaric removes compute from the headset entirely. By using the smartphone as the compute layer, we deliver lightweight hardware, zero new IT attack surface, and immediate compatibility with enterprise software.

Hardware Finalisation ($0.6M)

NRE completion and production tooling

Software Platform ($1.0M)

Optaric Link commercial release

Initial Device Procurement ($0.4M)

Inventory for early adopter deployments and pilots

GTM Hires & IP Filings ($2.0M)

Channel sales, marketing awareness, and patents

Rolling Inventory Reserve ($1.0M)


Dr Chris Parkinson CEO · Derrick Sawyer CRO · Owen Loughrey COO

investors@optaric.com · optaric.com

Momentum: Zero to Market in 8 Months

From company launch to industry authority - moving faster than Gen 1 ever did


MAY 2026

Launched

Company founded. Glasses design complete. ODM manufacturing path begins. First prototypes in hand.

JUNE 2026

Market Validation

First reveal at AWE, Long Beach, plus three more industry events. Strong enterprise interest across every vertical.

JULY 2026

First Commercial Signing

Expected first Early Adopter and Key Partner contract signed.

SEPT-DEC 2026

Hardware to Market

EVT → DVT → pre-production devices delivered to Early Adopter Program members. First production orders placed in November.

JANUARY 2027

Ship

Optaric ships across the USA, Europe, and UK

This is the fastest path from founding to enterprise validation in the category's history.

Your capital funds the next 18 months to Series A - starting now.