This Week in Startups · Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Matthews Hoffman, CEO and co-founder of Ibot, explains how the company is using kiosks to provide eyeglass prescriptions in just 90 seconds. This innovation aims to make eye care more accessible and affordable by leveraging technology and a remote network of optometrists.
“Now, I learned about a company called Ibot. And what they are doing is putting kiosks into places around the world where you can go, walk up, and get a new glass prescription in 90 seconds.”
“And what we're doing is we're utilizing uh, optometrists that are actually remotely located.”
“So, uh, we have a pilot program with Walmart. So, uh, we're actually rolling out 100 kiosks to them.”