The world's brightest lamp
San Francisco
Joined January 2026
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This software engineer built the world's brightest lamp with no hardware experience.
Simon Berens, founder of Brighter, joins us to share how he did it.
00:00 Intro
00:16 A software engineer with no hardware experience
01:14 Why light wakes you up before you open your eyes
01:51 Leaving software for the pain of hardware
02:10 $10 deposits on a $50 Fiverr render
03:14 Finding it resold on Facebook Marketplace
03:26 Inside the lamp, part by part
04:37 60,000 lumens, or about 75 light bulbs
05:09 Why it costs $1,200
05:22 400 backers, $400,000, and shipping every one
06:16 Turning it on
07:34 3 factories and 2 trips to China
07:58 Tariffs went up 150%
08:32 Indoor light is 100 times dimmer than the sun
09:28 His favorite consumer product
Brighter retweeted
If your lamps don鈥檛 come with a cake consider switching to @brighterlamp
Over 5,000,000 lumens across these cakes
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Brighter retweeted
peep the @brighterlamp in the corner 馃憖
