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Best Augmented Reality Companies in Florida, United States

The 31 best Augmented Reality companies in Florida, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Magic Leap.

31companies tracked
$4.4Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
9have raised

Ranked: Best Augmented Reality companies in Florida

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Magic Leap 🦄
Provider of a head-mounted virtual retinal display to view augmented reality
82Patents top 12%AI top 15%Innovation top 19%Funding top 21%
All 11 signals ▾
Patentstop 12%
AItop 15%
Innovationtop 19%
Fundingtop 21%
Moattop 26%
Markettop 31%
Techtop 33%
Talenttop 35%
Globaltop 38%
Newsbottom 48%
Growthbottom 24%
Patents: 9,989 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 5362 filings since 2022 vs 4277 in 2017-21
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100
$4.1B33 mo agoAcquiredRoss Rosenberg
Chief Executive Officer
2011Node.jsNextAuth.jsMUI+169,989 patents
Advanced AR/VR optical waveguides, light-field displays, and multimodal wearable interaction
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2Napster 🦄
Provider of 3D website building platform and immersive experience solutions
62Moat top 17%Talent top 28%Patents top 29%Funding top 31%
All 9 signals ▾
Moattop 17%
Talenttop 28%
Patentstop 29%
Fundingtop 31%
Innovationtop 36%
AItop 45%
Globaltop 48%
Marketbottom 49%
Techbottom 31%
Moat: IP moat: 47 patents · Unicorn
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100
$350M28 mo agoSeries DAmish Shah
Co-Founder
—BootstrapAmazon Web ServicesAzure+746 patents
Peer-to-peer media distribution, licensing, synchronization, and analytics for digital content
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3Mytaverse
Provider of an AR-based virtual workplace and training platform.
$9M38 mo agoSeed—2020Wix eCommerceWixSentry+17——
4Design Interactive
Developer of AR and VR-based commercial training systems
$966K64 mo agoFunding Raised—1999WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27——
5Lucyd
Internet-first brand offering smart glasses and eyewear
$649K63 mo agoPublicClifford Gross
Co-Founder
2017PageFlyCart FunctionalityShopify+47——
6CN2 SPATIAL
Developer of spatial computing applications for product visualization and training
$610K139 mo agoSeedMargaret Posthauer
Founder & CEO
2010———
7Abilitare
Developer of head-controlled mouse, adaptive switch, and dwell toolbar for computer access
$199K37 mo agoFunding Raised—2021———
8Rendy
AR-based visualisation tool for the home furnishing industry
$40K102 mo agoDeadpooledIsrael Medina
Co-Founder
2018Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+13——

Top 9 Augmented Reality companies in Florida

#1
Acquired · Plantation, Florida · founded 2011 · 824 employees
$4.1Braised
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Magic Leap is a provider of a head-mounted virtual retinal display to view augmented reality. The company's first product is Magic Leap One and is claimed to superimpose augmented reality by projecting a digital light field into the user's eye. Features include digital light-field, visual perception, persistent objects, sound-field audio, high powered chipset, and next-gen interface.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 82how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 12%
AI
top 15%
Innovation
top 19%
Funding
top 21%
Moat
top 26%
Market
top 31%
Patents: 9,989 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 5362 filings since 2022 vs 4277 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Innovation: 9,989 patents (top 1% of patent-holders) · 5362 filings since 2022 vs 4277 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Audience (LinkedIn): 119k LinkedIn followers — 40.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Conventional Debt$590M
  • Oct 2021Series G$500M
  • May 2020Series F$350M
  • Nov 2019Series E—
Founders & team
Ross RosenbergChief Executive Officer
Investors
Axel Springer, Alibaba Group, Google, Qualcomm Ventures, Warner Bros, Fidelity Investments
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDropboxEmotionEnvoy
#2
Napster 🦄
Series D · Boca Raton, Florida
$350Mraised
▾

Provider of 3D website building platform and immersive experience solutions. It offers tools for creating immersive websites and applications. The company provides services for building and managing digital experiences. It delivers AI-powered tools and virtual store solutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 17%
Talent
top 28%
Patents
top 29%
Funding
top 31%
Innovation
top 36%
AI
top 45%
Moat: IP moat: 47 patents · Unicorn
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Patents: 47 patents matched (strict assignee match) · Latest publication 2026 · 5 distinct CPC technology classes
Audience (LinkedIn): 142k LinkedIn followers — 48.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2024Series D$350M
Founders & team
Amish ShahCo-FounderAmish ShahCo-Founder & CBOJohn AcuntoCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Nomu Ventures, Tucker Maidstone, Because, KGN Holdings, Sterling Equities, Rosebud Dubai
#3
Seed · Miami, Florida · founded 2020 · 28 employees
$9.2Mraised
▾

Provider of an AR-based virtual workplace and training platform. It offers a digital hybrid workspace based on Epic Games Unreal engine to simulate daily businesses and provide virtual training to the workforce. Its features include device independence, a three-dimensional immersive experience without VR goggles, and real-time multi-player face-to-face interactions.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Seed$1.6M
  • Jan 2022Seed$7.6M
Investors
Blumberg Capital, Baselayer Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Accelerator Ventures
#4
Funding Raised · Gainesville, Florida · founded 2021 · 7 employees
$199.4Kraised
▾

Developer of head-controlled mouse, adaptive switch, and dwell toolbar for computer access. It offers assistive technology solutions designed to enable individuals with disabilities to use computers and phones. The company's products include a head mouse that allows users to control the mouse cursor with head movements, an adaptive switch, and a dwell toolbar for mouse clicks. These products aim to provide hands-free computer access for people with conditions such as spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2023Grant (prize money)$199.4K
Investors
Veterans Affairs
#5
Funding Raised · Orlando, Florida · founded 1999 · 56 employees
$966Kraised
▾

Developer of AR and VR-based commercial training systems. Its products include an AR-based job performance aid platform, a VR-based tactical combat casualty training platform, and a self-guided XR training platform for multiple industries. It caters to industries like manufacturing, oil and gas, energy, construction, and automotive.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. CBT) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$200K
  • Sep 2017Grant (prize money)$500K
  • Oct 2016Grant (prize money)$266K
Investors
OSTI, H4XLabs
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailContact Form 7CookieyesCore-JsElementorFont Awesome
#6
Public · Miami, Florida · founded 2017 · 9 employees
$649.4Kraised
▾

Internet-first brand offering smart glasses and eyewear. Its features include a front camera, eye tracking, microphones, head motion sensors, power on and off by folding or unfolding stems, LCD microdisplays, bone-conduction earphones, and wireless charging.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Outside Sales Representative
Activity: 2 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2021Seed$49.4K
  • Jan 2021Seed$600K
Founders & team
Clifford GrossCo-Founder
Investors
Ray Family, Tekcapital
Tech stack
Apple PayAwinBazaarvoice ReviewsCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Seed · Atlantic Beach, Florida · founded 2010
$610Kraised
▾

Developer of spatial computing applications for product visualization and training. These applications leverage augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable customers to visualize and interact with products in their own space. The platform allows for 3D model exploration, superimposed instructions for training, and content delivery across various devices, including mobile devices and glasses. This technology helps businesses drive revenue by improving customer understanding of products and reducing training overhead. Applications can be used for architectural renderings and other 3D models accessible via web browsers.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2015Grant (prize money)$60K
  • Sep 2014Seed$550K
Founders & team
Margaret PosthauerFounder & CEO
Investors
Georgia Research Alliance
#8
Deadpooled · Orlando, Florida · founded 2018 · 5 employees
$40Kraised
▾

Rendy is an AR-based visualization tool for the home furnishing industry. Its cloud-based platform enables the creation, management, and delivery of 3D & AR-based product experience for omnichannel retailers. It can be integrated with retailers' existing online stores and social media platforms. Its mobile app helps users, designers, and businesses to visualize furniture for designing their home interiors. The platform allows customers to add, delete, rotate, and resize home furnishing products.

Funding rounds
  • May 2018Grant (prize money)$40K
Founders & team
Israel MedinaCo-Founder
Investors
Start-Up Chile, Parallel18
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3Next.JsNext.Js App Router
#9
Series A · Boca Raton, Florida · founded 2016 · 28 employees
—raised
▾

Immersive Wisdom provides an enterprise software platform for data visualization. It acts as a natural human interface to multi-dimensional data sets generated by AI and machine learning systems. It simultaneously fuses and visualizes the cyber/network data, IoT feeds, enterprise applications, telemetry, tagged assets, 3D Models, LiDAR, imagery, and UAV footage and streaming video. It serves multiple industries including government, financial services, and logistics industry.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 4.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: customer-facing leadership
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2018Series A—
Investors
In-Q-Tel

Funding & investor landscape

$4.4Btotal disclosed funding
8companies funded
21disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Grupo Globo2 rounds
#adm ventures1 rounds
AT&T1 rounds
Accelerator Ventures1 rounds
Adit Ventures1 rounds
Aeon1 rounds
Alibaba Group1 rounds
Andreessen Horowitz1 rounds
Ark Angel Fund1 rounds
Axel Springer1 rounds

Notable founders

Ross Rosenberg
Chief Executive Officer · Magic Leap
Amish Shah
Co-Founder · Napster
Clifford Gross
Co-Founder · Lucyd
Margaret Posthauer
Founder & CEO · CN2 SPATIAL
Israel Medina
Co-Founder · Rendy
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 838,505 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Augmented Reality coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN FLORIDA · Consumer & Industrial

How research on Ar Vr in Florida is moving

A read on the academic research around Ar Vr in Florida — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 318 papers.

318 papers · stance +0.37 · 17% breakthrough · 24% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • University of Central Florida116
  • University of Florida100
  • University of South Florida27
  • Florida State University21
  • Florida College13
leading researchers
Gerd Bruder · Shin‐Tson Wu · Joseph J. LaViola · Greg Welch · Masoud Gheisari · Ryan P. McMahan
prism intelligence · tone & topics
98% positive · 1% critical tone
EducationHealthcareHealthBusinessArtificial IntelligencePsychology
▲ Breakthroughs48 · 15%
16%→16% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations90% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (16%→16% of field), led by Virtual reality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Virtual reality2→21
  • Human–computer interaction2→13
  • Mobile device1→3
Newly emergingAugmented reality 0→15 · Optics 0→8 · Mixed reality 0→5
Landmark WiFinger · 248 cites
◆ Advancements166 · 52%
▼ 52%→51% share
▲1.0× share momentum1 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (52%→51% of field), led by Virtual reality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Virtual reality8→94
  • Human–computer interaction4→51
  • Augmented reality3→33
  • Task (project management)1→11
  • Visualization1→8
Newly emergingPerception 0→17 · Usability 0→9 · Field (mathematics) 0→7
Landmark Liquid crystal display and organic light-emitting diode display: present status and future perspectives · 1,003 cites
▼ Concerns68 · 21%
▼ 28%→21% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations84% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (28%→21% of field), led by Virtual reality.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Virtual reality4→37
  • Human–computer interaction3→25
  • Augmented reality1→15
  • Multimedia1→3
  • Metaverse1→3
Newly emergingPerception 0→9 · Avatar 0→4 · Training (meteorology) 0→4
Landmark Research progress on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in tourism and hospitality · 225 cites

Common questions

How many Augmented Reality companies are there in Florida, United States?
Radar tracks 31 indexable Augmented Reality companies headquartered in Florida, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Augmented Reality companies in Florida, United States?
The Augmented Reality companies in Florida, United States on this list have raised a combined $4.4B in disclosed equity funding across 8 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Augmented Reality company in Florida, United States?
Magic Leap is the highest-funded Augmented Reality company in Florida, United States, with $4.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Augmented Reality companies in Florida, United States are funded?
8 of the 31 Augmented Reality companies in Florida, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Augmented Reality unicorns are there in Florida, United States?
2 Augmented Reality companies in Florida, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Florida, United States Augmented Reality companies?
The most active investors in Florida, United States Augmented Reality companies on this list include Grupo Globo, #adm ventures, AT&T, Accelerator Ventures, Adit Ventures.
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