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Company type | Benefit Corporation |
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| Founded | June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01), in San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Daylight Computer Co. is a Public Benefit Company12 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.27 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."78
The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.5
References
References
- "Daylight | A More Caring Computer". daylightcomputer.com. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- Takahashi, Dean (2024-05-24). "Daylight launches blue-light-free computer Daylight DC1". GamesBeat. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- "Wyoming Siblings And Their Daylight Computer Get Huge Boost From Joe Rogan". Cowboy State Daily. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- Pierce, David (2024-05-23). "The Daylight DC1 is an attempt to build a "calmer" computer". The Verge. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- Pierce, David (2024-07-20). "A few weeks with the Daylight DC-1 tablet: rethinking screen time". The Verge. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- Siegal, Jacob (2024-07-09). "Daylight Computer Co. CEO Anjan Katta On Building A Healthier Computer". BGR. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- Levy, Steven. "The Daylight Tablet Returns Computing to Its Hippie Ideals". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- Thomason, James (2024-05-25). "Inside the strange launch of Daylight Computer and first impressions". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2025-07-26. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
- Philip Berne (2024-06-14). "'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". TechRadar. Retrieved 2026-01-27.