Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Warby Parker Inc.
Search every verified Dave Gilboa interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Dave Gilboa, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, has been publicly discussing the company's expansion into intelligent eyewear. In May 2026, he appeared on CNBC's "Squawk Box" to announce the launch of new AI-powered glasses developed with Google and Samsung, scheduled for fall of that year. Gilboa stated the products were designed with privacy as a priority, noting cameras would be off by default and recording would be indicated by visible LEDs that cannot be turned off. He described the glasses as potentially the next major computing platform, offering features like real-time language translation and contextual information. In earlier appearances, he discussed the company's partnership with Google on Android XR-based smart glasses, emphasizing the goal of making such technology accessible to a broad consumer base. Gilboa has also spoken about Warby Parker's broader business strategy and social mission. In 2025 and 2024 interviews, he addressed the company's brick-and-mortar expansion, noting that most Americans prefer in-store shopping, and highlighted investments in vertical integration to control costs and avoid price increases. He has repeatedly discussed the "Buy a Pair, Give a Pair" program, stating the company has distributed over 20 million pairs of glasses to people in need. Reflecting on the company's founding, he has described how he and his co-founders started Warby Parker after he lost an expensive pair of glasses, and he has discussed the challenges of building the business, including early skepticism from advisors and the decision to launch despite an unfinished website.
Warby Parker co-founders and co-CEOs Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's new 'intelligent eyewear' frames in partnership with Google and Samsung, competition in the wearable space, and more.
Dave Gilboa is co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, the eyewear brand that started with a pair of lost glasses while he was studying at Wharton Business School. In 2010, he and three friends pooled their savings and bought the company’s URL for $9. Almost everyone they spoke to said the idea would not work. Dave joins us to talk about the brand’s early days, being so frugal they practically refused to buy pens, experimenting with retail, handling rejection, raising more than half a billion dollars before going public, and staying focused on mission and purpose. He also shares new details…
Warby Parker co-founders and co-CEOs Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's ...Warby Parker's co-founders and co-CEOs Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa. Good morning to both of you. You're wearing ...
Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa, cofounders of Warby Parker, talk with Jason Shulman about the opportunities to be found in economic downturn, the challenges of leading as Co-CEOs, and finding inspiration in the energy of New York.
Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa, Warby Parker co-founders and co-CEOs, join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the eyewear industry, the company's brick-and-mortar expansion strategy, strength of the consumer, and more.
Dave Gilboa is the co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, a retailer of prescription glasses and sunglasses that he started with his 3 friends from college in 2010. Today, Warby Parker is valued at over $3 billion and they’ve truly changed the game when it comes to buying glasses - online and in-store. In this episode, we spoke with Dave about what it was like growing up in between Southern California and Sweden, his early career as a consultant and investment banker, his experience getting his MBA at Wharton and if he would recommend it to others who desire to be entrepreneurs, the story…
In a new episode of Misfits of Scale, Dave Gilboa, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Warby Parker, shares how he and his co-founders--full-time students working from their apartments--transformed the 140-billion-dollar glasses industry. Manny, our worldwide managing partner, gets the scoop on Dave’s hands-on customer service strategy, ‘buy a pair, give a pair’ social impact program and more.
#WarbyParker #WarbyParkerCEO Warby Parker co-founders and co-CEOs Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa join Yahoo Finance Live to discuss holiday season sales, the creation of virtual vision tests during the pandemic, and how they are using the company’s platform to hire and provide assistance to people of color in the field of optometry. Don't Miss: Valley of Hype: The Culture That Built Elizabeth Holmes WATCH HERE: • Elizabeth Holmes: 'Valley of Hype' [pre-sh... Watch the 2021 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting on YouTube: • Video Subscribe to Yahoo Finance: https://yhoo.i…
Tonight's guest: Dave Gilboa, Cofounder & Co-CEO, Warby-Parker This lecture series recognizes the entrepreneurial vision of A. Richard Newton, Dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering from 2000 to 2007, by inviting distinguished innovators to share lessons from their own successes and failures. The course features a selection of highly accomplished industry speakers, including Cal alumni, who share their unique insights on industry developments, leadership, and innovation accumulated through experience in their careers. The lecture series serves as a discovery course for topics at the int…
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Nov.19 -- Dave Gilboa, Warby Parker Retail Inc. co-chief executive officer, discusses the company's plans to unveil Scout, a line of daily contact lenses. He speaks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg Markets."
“We've designed these products with privacy first in mind, and we feel really, really grateful to be aligned with our partners at Google and Samsung. And so the cameras will be off by default. If there's if they're ever recording, it'll be incredibly visible with LEDs that that can't be turned off. And we, we recognize that any, any technology creates change in behavior. And there's anxiety around, you know, how AI is”
“We expect intelligent eyewear to be the next major computing platform. And the moment that you put on our product, it becomes clear that this is a fundamentally more natural and human way to interact with the world than kind of staring down at a screen in your hand. And these devices, you know, allow you to do the mundane, check your calendar, get directions while you're engaging with the people around you, or give y”
“We think a couple things have changed. One is that actual hardware technology has advanced to the point where you can fit batteries and cameras and speakers chips into a frame that isn't much bigger than what I'm wearing today that lasts all day. The second probably more meaningful advance is around AI where we believe that connecting glasses to multimodal AI models enables them to provide really meaningful utility f”
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