Company
Camera/AR company (NYSE: SNAP; Santa Monica) behind Snapchat and the Spectacles AR glasses line; 5th-gen Spectacles run Snap OS with OpenAI/Gemini multimodal AI (developer-only).
Based in Santa Monica, California, USA · Founded 2011 · 1 model on record
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/snap.md
- RSS feed: /companies/snap/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/dde4cfaa-af11-4903-be09-d5088c4f5066
- Data documentation: /data
Key facts
- Product
- Spectacles 5 standalone AR glasses (Snap OS; OpenAI + Gemini multimodal AI); developer-only $99/mo.
- Roadmap
- Lightweight consumer 'Specs' targeted 2026 (separate, not yet shipped).
- HQ
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Founded
- 2011
- Status
- public (NYSE: SNAP)
- Type
- both
- ID
dde4cfaa-af11-4903-be09-d5088c4f5066
Models (1)
- Spectacles 5wearable
Supplies to
No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company’s outbound edges.
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Sources (4)
- https://newsroom.snap.com/sps-2024-spectacles-snapos
- https://www.uploadvr.com/snap-spectacles-5-ar/
- https://www.maginative.com/article/snap-unveils-standalone-ar-spectacles-announces-openai-partnership-2/
- https://investor.snap.com/news/news-details/2025/Snap-to-Launch-New-Lightweight-Immersive-Specs-in-2026/default.aspx
Common questions
- What is Snap Inc?
- Camera/AR company (NYSE: SNAP; Santa Monica) behind Snapchat and the Spectacles AR glasses line; 5th-gen Spectacles run Snap OS with OpenAI/Gemini multimodal AI (developer-only).
- Where is Snap Inc based?
- Snap Inc is based in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- When was Snap Inc founded?
- Snap Inc was founded in 2011.
- What does Snap Inc make?
- Snap Inc has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Spectacles 5 (Snap Inc builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Where does Snap Inc operate robots?
- Snap Inc is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.