Akonia Holographics: Difference between revisions

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|Type=[[Subsidiary]] (Acqui-hired)<ref name="Tracxn2025">{{cite web |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/akonia-holographics/__Lz36qI50qTf7QyHw-o2-244q9sL7qQ3-0Q4D6oO9-8Q4Y6l |title=Akonia Holographics - 2025 Company Profile, Funding & Competitors - Tracxn |date=2025-03-28 |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref>

|Industry=[[Augmented Reality]], [[Optics]], [[Holography]]<ref name="Tracxn2025"/>

|Founded={{Start date|2012|08}}<ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018">{{cite web |url=https://blocksandfiles.com/2018/08/30/akonia-holographics-gets-bitten-by-apple-and-moves-into-paradise/ |title=Akonia Holographics gets bitten by Apple and moves into paradise - Blocks and Files |date=2018-08-30 |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref> <!-- Precise day in Aug 2012 not consistently cited -->

|Founder=Ken Anderson, Mark Ayres, Fred Askham<ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/><ref name="TracxnFounders">{{cite web |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/akonia-holographics/__Lz36qI50qTf7QyHw-o2-244q9sL7qQ3-0Q4D6oO9-8Q4Y6l/founders-board-members |title=Akonia Holographics - 2025 Founders and Board of Directors - Tracxn |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref>

|Headquarters=[[Longmont, Colorado]], U.S.<ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/><ref name="Pitchbook">{{cite web |url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/64199-72 |title=Akonia Holographics 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Investors, Acquisition | PitchBook |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref><ref name="Owler">{{cite web |url=https://www.owler.com/company/akonia |title=Akonia Holographics's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding, Acquisitions & News - Owler Company Profile |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref>

|Notable Personnel=Ken Anderson (Co-Founder & CEO)<ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/><ref name="Tracxn2025"/><ref name="SchedKenAnderson">{{cite web |url=https://boulderstartupweek2016.sched.com/speaker/ken_anderson.1ve44j0c |title=Ken Anderson - Boulder Startup Week - Sched |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref>, Mark Ayres (Co-Founder & CTO)<ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/><ref name="TracxnFounders"/>, Fred Askham (Co-Founder & VP Materials Development)<ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/><ref name="TracxnFounders"/>

|Products=HoloMirror holographic display technology<ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/><ref name="PatentlyApple2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.patentlyapple.com/2018/08/apple-acquires-akonia-holographics-inventors-of-advanced-optical-technologies-based-on-holography-for-ar-headsets.html |title=Apple Acquires Akonia Holographics, Inventors of Advanced Optical Technologies based on Holography for AR Headsets |date=2018-08-30 |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref>

|Parent=[[Apple Inc.]] (Since 2018)<ref name="Reuters2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-akonia-holographics-exclusive/exclusive-apple-acquires-firm-that-makes-lenses-for-ar-glasses-idUSKCN1LF1YQ |title=Exclusive: Apple acquires firm that makes lenses for AR glasses |author=Stephen Nellis |date=2018-08-29 |publisher=Reuters |accessdate=2025-05-03}}</ref><ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/>

|Website=<!-- Original website defunct after acquisition -->

'''Akonia Holographics LLC''' was an American [[startup company]] based in [[Longmont, Colorado]] that specialized in developing advanced [[optical system]]s and materials for [[holography]], particularly focusing on [[display technology]] for [[augmented reality]] (AR) glasses. <ref name="PatentlyApple2018"/><ref name="Reuters2018"/> Founded in August 2012, the company developed a proprietary technology called '''HoloMirror''' aiming to produce thin, transparent [[smartglasses|smart glass]] lenses capable of displaying vibrant, full-color images with a wide [[field of view]] (FOV).<ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/><ref name="PatentlyApple2018"/><ref name="Pitchbook"/> Akonia Holographics was acquired by [[Apple Inc.]] in 2018, with the acquisition confirmed by Apple on August 29, 2018.<ref name="Reuters2018"/><ref name="BlocksAndFiles2018"/><ref name="PatentlyApple2018"/>