Company:Daylight Computer Co.
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| Type | Benefit Corporation |
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| Founded | June 1, 2018, in San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Daylight Computer Co. is a Public Benefit Company[1][2] that designs and manufactures devices that do not emit blue light or flicker.[3] Anjan Katta, the company's founder and CEO, stated that he started the company to reduce his personal eyestrain and the distraction that came with conventional devices.[4]
The first device that the company has released is the Daylight DC-1, an electronic ink (E-ink) style tablet that is designed to be used outdoors but can be used indoors utilizing the amber backlight.[5] The company's goal is to create a "healthy computer."[6]
History
In June 2018, Anjan Katta began the process of designing a device that did not emit blue light or flicker. He was inspired by the Kindle stating that he wanted to create a device that was, "an analog object that happens to have digital magical capabilities.”[7] By 2020, he created his first scientific prototype and created the first proof-of-concept prototype in 2021.[6] In the early research and development stages of the device, Katta had spent $300,000 of his own money. Eventually, Katta obtained a $12 million investment from current and former executives of companies such as Oculus, Pinterest, and Dropbox.[7]
In 2024, the company held a launch party at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park for the Daylight DC1, the company's first device. The event had roughly 200 attendees.[8] Later that year, Daylight sold out its first run of 5,000 devices.[2][7] The Daylight DC1 is a 1.2 pound tablet that runs its own operating system, SolOS, based on Android 13.[4] It has a refresh rate of 60 Hz, fast enough to process video.[9]
In 2025, the product was demonstrated by Danny Jones on the Joe Rogan Experience.[3] The company has been described by outlets such as Wired and VentureBeat as a "returning computing to hippie ideals" and being a product for "techno-hippies."[7][8]
The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.[5]
References
- ↑ "Daylight | A More Caring Computer" (in en). https://daylightcomputer.com/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Takahashi, Dean (2024-05-24). "Daylight launches blue-light-free computer Daylight DC1" (in en-US). https://gamesbeat.com/daylight-launches-blue-light-free-computer-daylight-dc1/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wyoming Siblings And Their Daylight Computer Get Huge Boost From Joe Rogan" (in en). https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/10/05/wyoming-siblings-and-their-daylight-computer-get-huge-boost-from-joe-rogan/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pierce, David (2024-05-23). "The Daylight DC1 is an attempt to build a "calmer" computer" (in en-US). https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163225/daylight-dc1-tablet-livepaper.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pierce, David (2024-07-20). "A few weeks with the Daylight DC-1 tablet: rethinking screen time" (in en-US). https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/20/24201356/daylight-computer-dc-1-hands-on.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Siegal, Jacob (2024-07-09). "Daylight Computer Co. CEO Anjan Katta On Building A Healthier Computer" (in en-US). https://www.bgr.com/tech/daylight-computer-co-ceo-anjan-katta-on-building-a-healthier-computer/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Levy, Steven. "The Daylight Tablet Returns Computing to Its Hippie Ideals" (in en-US). Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/daylight-tablet-computing-hippie-ideals/. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Thomason, James (2024-05-25). "Inside the strange launch of Daylight Computer and first impressions" (in en-US). VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/virtual/inside-the-strange-launch-of-daylight-computer-and-first-impressions/.
- ↑ "'A Godzilla-sized Pebble watch with a decade of improvement' – Daylight claims its tablet screen is better than E Ink, but the truth is far more complicated" (in en). 2024-06-14. https://www.techradar.com/tablets/a-godzilla-sized-pebble-watch-with-a-decade-of-improvement-daylight-claims-its-tablet-screen-is-better-than-e-ink-but-the-truth-is-far-more-complicated.
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