The Computer, De-Invented

Meet DC-1. A new kind of computer, designed for deep focus and wellbeing.

✓ In stock · Ships in 3-5 business days Order now W e r e f u s e t o a c c e p t a f u t u r e w h e r e o u r d e v i c e s a r e e x h a u s t i n g , a d d i c t i v e , a n d d i s t r a c t i n g 1 I n t r o d u c i n g D a y l i g h t — a h e a l t h i e r , m o r e h u m a n - f r i e n d l y c o m p u t e r The world’s first full-speed paper-like display Smooth interactions Scroll, zoom, turn pages—even watch video— without any lag

Stay connected with yourself and what’s around you

Say goodbye to eye-strain—designed for full sunlight and nighttime

Scroll, zoom, turn pages—even watch video— without any lag

Stay connected with yourself and what’s around you

Say goodbye to eye-strain—designed for full sunlight and nighttime

We invented a new type of display that’s like E Ink, but faster. It looks and feels like paper, but runs at 60fps, so you can work fluidly, and use all your apps without compromise.

With all the apps you need Use all your favorite apps without the distractions—it's the best of both worlds.

The vision for Daylight is to build a whole ecosystem of healthier, more humane computers that respect our health, attention, and freedom.

Read in broad daylight with a screen that uses the sun as its backlight. DC-1 lights up beautifully outdoors without distracting reflections, so you can read outside any time of the day.

Flicker-free display is easy on the eyes

Read in direct sunlight, no backlight needed

Most devices emit blue light that affects your circadian rhythm, even in night mode. Daylight doesn’t.

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W h a t p e o p l e a r e s a y i n g Akshay Kothari

“ It’s the only computer I feel comfortable sharing with my kids! ”

“ Daylight gets it, a computer that brings the simplicity back to our digital life. ”

“ The Daylight is the computer of tomorrow. It does not bathe you in blue light or endless notifications. [...] It’s fast and beautiful, like a trim little boat. ”

“ There is simply no better device out there right now for reading long-form, navigating knowledge archives or the night sky, panning around, zooming and marking up PDFs, and writing. ”

One of my big surprises of Silicon Valley was finding out how nice & well intentioned many of the execs of “evil big tech” were. Shocking because I expected them to be evil. Heartbreaking because they weren’t.

It meant big tech do bad not cuz of who runs them, but because of the systematic forces they’re beholden to, ie business model & shareholder mandate.

So to make tech that does less evil, it’s not enough to believe we’re good people with good intentions. We need to root cause solve the systematic disincentives.

Thus, we decided daylight should be a PBC, with a double bottom line: not just a fiduciary duty to shareholders, but also a civil duty to uphold our public benefit purpose:

To help technology and humanity live happily ever after.