Travel

SkyLights

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Skylights is a wearable immersive cinematic entertainment for captive audiences. SkyLights started in the planes, as passenger inflight entertainment. SkyLights enables patients and passengers to tune out of their environment and escape by enjoying premium cinematic entertainment using VR headsets. Skylights integrates content licensing deal

Founded 2016Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Skylights is a wearable immersive cinematic entertainment for captive audiences. SkyLights started in the planes, as passenger inflight entertainment.

SkyLights enables patients and passengers to tune out of their environment and escape by enjoying premium cinematic entertainment using VR headsets.

Skylights integrates content licensing deals, secure software, headset hardware, and operations. All four are sold as a subscription service. Skylights is now developing in BtoC.

The company is incorporated in the US.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Laurence Fornari

Founder

Laurence Fornari has a dual competency: international sales and entrepreneur, with a data-scientist, HW/SW background. Her second start-up, Skylights, made YC. Before that, her 15+ year BtoB Sales to Telco, Broadcasters, Hollywood Studios, has revolved around major disruptive video technologies. She spent her entire career launching new products … and being the only woman in tech and sales meetings. She brings metric-driven strategy, make-things-happen, premium relationships, and teamwork.

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Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
5team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2016 · Source

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Y Combinator

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Website observationwebsite unreachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA; San Jose, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

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