It’s never too early to get job experience. Rochester Institute of Technology sophomore Sonakshi Das joins Circle Optics team as an intern in the area of business administration.

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It’s never too early to get job experience. Rochester Institute of Technology sophomore Sonakshi Das joins Circle Optics team as an intern in the area of business administration.
Our Founder Zak Niazi was an optics student at the University of Rochester and was fortunate to have Dr. Wayne Knox as his Optics 101 Professor. Dr. Wayne Knox has over 50 patents in the United States and 150 globally in the areas of technology, telecommunications and...
2022 was a big year for Circle Optics! We grew in a lot of significant ways and made progress towards a number of our organizational goals. Job Growth We added 4 new team members, 3 of which fit with our commitment to increasing DEI at the company. These new...
Next Stage of Platform Intelligence- Combining 360-Degree Imaging With Data Science & Software Rochester, New York, January 3, 2023 Circle Optics, innovators with patented technology enabling real-time, high-resolution multi-camera systems that provide...
Circle Optics culture is built on know-how | synergy | innovation. That is from the inside out and we apply the same filter with our customers, vendors and community at large. Vertex Optics has been an ideal vendor partner with Circle Optics We appreciate their Mission: Vertex Optics partners with its customers to build strong, mutually prosperous relationships while providing high quality vitreous components with expedited deliveries. “In spec and on time” is their mantra.
We at Circle Optics are an eclectic group of interesting people who are deeply curious and want to make a difference through immersive experience. Meet Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Kurtz. Andrew was employee number three coming to Circle Optics with already over 110 patents from his work as Principal Scientist and Director of R & D at IMAX, after working for many years as a Scientist in the Kodak R&D Labs.
Rochester, New York, Oct. 14 2022: Circle Optics is delighted to announce that it achieved the Silver recognition on the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School's fifth annual Most Fundable Companies® List. Circle Optics competed against over 4,000 of early-stage US...
Zak Niazi presenting "Beyond The Line of Sight" at the Drones & Robotics Summit in NYC September 2022. The 1950s were the golden age of air travel. Flying was extremely glamorous. People would dress up. Booze was served in fancy glassware and the meals consisted...
We at Circle Optics are an eclectic group of interesting people who are deeply curious and want to make a difference through immersive experience in aerospace, robotics and entertainment. Meet Ajit Mutalik our Computer Vision Intern pursuing a Master’s of Computer Science at the University at Buffalo. He is contributing to our SLAM capabilities. SLAM stands for Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, it a method used by autonomous systems to build maps of the environment while localizing in it. The map is used for navigation and obstacle avoidance.
By Ian Gauger, Chief Operating Officer Circle Optics, Inc. was founded in December of 2017, though, the company’s origins extend much further back, to a senior lens design course at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics attended by founder Zak Niazi. The...
We at Circle Optics are an eclectic group of interesting people who are deeply curious and want to make a difference through immersive experience. Meet Carlos Terrero, PE, our Senior Mechanical Engineer. Originally from Puerto Rico and formerly working at Xerox, he comes to Circle with almost 40 patents and an innate drive for reinvention.
Ian Gauger, Circle Optics Chief Operating Officer Circle Optics, Inc. was founded in December of 2017, though, the company’s origins extend much further back, to a senior lens design course at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics attended by...
We at Circle Optics are an eclectic group of interesting people who are deeply curious and want to make a difference through immersive experience in aerospace, robotics and entertainment. Meet Michell Baller our Computer Science Co-op. Baller is pursuing a Master of Computer Science at Georgia Tech.
NASA Awards Circle Optics a Phase I Contract to Enhance Detect and Avoid Optical Sensing for Urban Air Mobility
Circle Optics physics first solution uses polygonal lenses that align along their edges without parallax distortion. Like our own technology, we love stories about innovation. One such story is by artist Mark Matthews who created a new method for designing glass objects – precision air entrapment.
Recently we were part of the Hanger Bay Skydome ribbon cutting. Skydome is a building that was once a hangar for B-52 Bombers, is now the largest FAA designated indoor drone testing site in the country. It was amazing to be sitting inside of a WWII hangar thinking about the past, present and future.
The Collision Conference brings together leading technology companies and top media including 35,562 attendees, 1557 startups and 793 investors. It is a place we want our technology represented. This year our COO Ian Gauger and Senior Optical Engineer John Bowron...
Given our commitment to the power of “what if?” and the dedication to imagine what has not yet been built, we were able to collaborate with Ricardo Arteaga, Flight Systems Engineer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. We appreciate that he took time to speak...
Airial Robotics is a European company that is also part of the Genius New York Program. They have patented technology which extends the limits of commercial drone applications. Airial Robotics is most known for their hybrid drive system technology, Gyrotrak, which combines the best of Gyrocopter and Helicopter.
We at Circle Optics are an eclectic group of interesting people who are deeply curious and want to make a difference through immersive experience. Meet Cody Hatch our Mechanical Engineer and graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology
With $2.5 million in contracts, Circle Optics is looking to offer different ways to view the world. The company, a member of Luminate NY’s second cohort, is known for creating Hydra, a stitchless 360-degree camera... Read Story
Rochester, New York, March 18—Circle Optics, innovators of the Hydra, the world’s first stitch-less 360° camera have been awarded an United States Airforce AFWERX grant of $750,000 (USD). This Phase II award is for “Improved Image Capture for AI Training...
Circle Optics Awarded $1,750,000 To Revolutionize Situational Awareness Through Enhanced Imaging Panoramic Imaging Increases Capability with UAV & Drone Technology Rochester, New York, March 11—Circle Optics, innovators with patented technology...
A $1 million prize is on the line in a Syracuse-based tech innovation competition. Read Story
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)- The top five business finalists have been chosen for GENIUS NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden. All of the finalists were determined to have the potential to help boost the local economy. Read Story
Circle Optics, a company in RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator, was named a finalist in the Genius NY accelerator program. Circle Optics was one among 600 applicants that rose to the top five for the program, which will come with an investment of...
Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the five teams selected to take part in round five of the innovative GENIUS NY business accelerator program. Supported by the CNY Rising Upstate Revitalization Initiative and administered by CenterState CEO at the Tech...
Syracuse – GENIUS NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, today announced the five finalists companies selected for its fifth round. These startup unmanned systems and robotics companies will participate in the year-long program and will...