Jido Maps
Jido is bringing in the next wave of AR where digital content can have a shared and persistent life in the real world. Our API uses intimate understanding of a users spatial context to preserve AR experiences across users and devices. Our research team came out of the Stanford Artifical Intelligence Labs and the Cornell Robot Learning Lab.
Jido Maps
Jido is bringing in the next wave of AR where digital content can have a shared and persistent life in the real world. Our API uses intimate understanding of a users spatial context to preserve AR experiences across users and devices. Our research team came out of the Stanford Artifical Intelligence Labs and the Cornell Robot Learning Lab.
TL;DR
Product: API for persistent, shared augmented reality (spatial mapping & relocalization)
Founded: 2017–2018
Founders / Leadership: Mark Stauber (CEO), Jaeyong Sung (Co‑founder & CTO)
Accelerator: Y Combinator (Winter 2018)
Total disclosed funding: $2.22M (seed + accelerator)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Augmented reality infrastructure for persistence and multi-user sharing of AR content.
Founded
2018
Industry
Augmented Reality; Software / Developer APIs
Funding Track Record
$120,000
Accelerator check cited by Dealroom
$2,100,000
Seed round led by Khosla Ventures
Investor Signal
“Seed syndicate included Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator, plus additional angel / seed investors”