Warby Parker's leap: From affordable glasses to AI game-changer

Behind the Business with Michelle Toh · Oct 9, 2025 · 58m

Dave Gilboa is co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, the eyewear brand that started with a pair of lost glasses while he was studying at Wharton Business School.

In 2010, he and three friends pooled their savings and bought the company's URL for $9. Almost everyone they spoke to said the idea would not work.

Dave joins us to talk about the brand's early days, being so frugal they practically refused to buy pens, experimenting with retail, handling rejection, raising more than half a billion dollars before going public, and staying focused on mission and purpose.

He also shares new details…