Sphere

Sphere.tech, formerly known as holo|one, is a company operating in the extended reality (XR) market, providing a turnkey software platform for enterprise clients. The company's journey began in 2015 when its co-founder and CEO, Sven Brunner, had an insightful encounter with a spatial computing device, sparking the vision to apply this technology to business operations. This led to the official launch of Sphere in May 2020.

The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an office in Zurich that opened in June 2016. Sphere has secured funding through multiple rounds, including a seed round in November 2018 and a Series A round in February 2022. In January 2023, the company rebranded from holo|one to Sphere, and subsequently launched Sphere 3.0 in June 2023.

Sphere's business model is centered on its robust, device-agnostic XR platform that integrates into daily business processes for Fortune-500 companies across sectors like knowledge work, manufacturing, medical, and defense. The platform is a unified solution designed to address several key business challenges. It offers spatial collaboration tools that allow teams to work together in immersive virtual environments, moving beyond the limitations of 2D screens to review 3D models, documents, and other assets in a shared space. The platform supports over 60 file types, including 3D models, CAD files, and standard office documents.

For sales teams, Sphere transforms presentations into experiential selling opportunities. Another key feature is holographic workflow guidance, providing location-based XR training to improve knowledge retention and reduce operational downtime. The platform also enables real-time remote assistance, connecting front-line workers with experts to solve problems instantly. By offering these solutions, Sphere helps clients reduce travel costs and carbon footprint, enhance security, avoid supply chain disruptions, and boost employee engagement and retention.

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