What Oculus Light Studio does

Oculus Light Studio is an independent architectural lighting design firm founded in 2012 by Archit Jain and Scott Hatton. Headquartered in Culver City, California, with additional offices in Seattle and Atlanta, the firm provides professional lighting design services across commercial office, retail, hospitality, cultural, institutional, and residential projects in the United States, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Its client base includes Google, Amazon, WarnerMedia, Saks Fifth Avenue, Boston Consulting Group, Capital One, AT&T, Fender, and Concord Music Group, with notable projects such as the LEED Platinum-certified Google Orange County office, Amazon Nitro in Seattle, and the WarnerMedia Ivy Station complex in Culver City.

The firm's core offering is project-based architectural lighting design — developing lighting strategies that integrate daylight, LED, and sensor-based controls to achieve aesthetic, functional, and sustainability outcomes. Services span interior, exterior, and landscape lighting schemes, often coordinated with sustainability targets such as LEED Platinum and LEED Gold certifications. The firm maintains long-standing partnerships with architectural practices including Gensler, RAPT Studio, HLW International, and Shubin+Donaldson, and sources work primarily through these professional networks, repeat enterprise clients, and industry event presence rather than traditional marketing.

Oculus is privately held, MBE- and SBE-certified, and has accumulated a substantial award portfolio spanning IALD, IES Illumination Awards, Lumen West, IIDA Calibre, and AIA honors from 2014 through 2026. In 2026, the firm announced the acquisition of CD+M Lighting Group America, extending its geographic reach into Dubai, Cairo, and Milan and creating a transcontinental specialty lighting design platform. Revenue, funding, and employee count are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Oculus Light Studio

Legal name

Oculus Light Studio

Website

https://oculuslightstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Oculus Light Studio is an independent architectural lighting design firm founded in 2012, serving enterprise clients in commercial, retail, hospitality, and institutional sectors across the U.S. and internationally through offices in Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, Dubai, Cairo, and Milan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Electrical Work (1731)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Architectural lighting design
• Lighting design services
• Commercial lighting solutions
• LEED certified lighting
• Hospitality lighting design

Headquarters

HQ city

Culver City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Architectural Lighting Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through providing architectural lighting design consulting services to commercial clients including corporations, real estate developers, and hospitality operators.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Oculus Light Studio is an independent architectural lighting design studio that delivers lighting strategies for commercial, hospitality, retail, institutional, and cultural spaces. Services include core and shell lighting design, interior lighting schemes, exterior and landscape lighting, and specialized solutions for LEED-certified projects, delivered via design-bid-build, design-build, and international project models in collaboration with architects, developers, and corporate clients.

Product overview

Oculus Light Studio is an independent architectural lighting design studio offering professional lighting design services rather than a software product platform. The company delivers innovative lighting strategies for commercial, hospitality, retail, institutional, and cultural spaces through project-based engagements. Services include core and shell lighting design, interior lighting schemes, exterior/landscape lighting, and specialized lighting solutions for LEED certification projects. As a service-based practice, the company does not offer modular software products, APIs, or add-on products—their offerings are entirely in the form of architectural design services delivered in collaboration with architects, developers, and project teams.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Lighting Design Services
• LEED-Certified Lighting Design Solutions

Quantifiable outcome

• LEED Platinum certification achieved for Google Orange County project through low lighting power density and integrated sensors
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CD+M Lighting Design GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCD+M Lighting Group America joins Oculus as announced in press release. Global partner of Oculus Light Studio with offices in Dubai, Cairo, and Milan, representing an international strategic alliance.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Focus Lighting: New York architectural lighting design firm serving retail, hospitality, residential, and commercial clients with a strong project portfolio. Directly comparable to Oculus in scale, services offered (architectural lighting design for premium commercial/hospitality clients), and design-led positioning.
• Fisher Marantz Stone: New York-based, award-winning architectural lighting design consultancy serving museums, civic, hospitality, and high-end commercial projects. Comparable to Oculus as a flagship independent lighting design studio serving marquee enterprise clients with comparable fee-based project work.
• Tillotson Design Associates: Boutique independent lighting design consultancy serving museums, galleries, commercial, and hospitality clients with a strong cultural-institution portfolio. Comparable to Oculus in size, service model, and enterprise client caliber.
• Schuler Shook: Lighting design consultancy with architectural and entertainment/theatrical practices, serving museums, civic, commercial, and performance venues. Comparable to Oculus in the architectural lighting design service offering and marquee cultural/commercial project mix.
• CD+M Lighting Design Group: Independent architectural lighting design firm with offices in Dubai, Cairo, and Milan, focused on hospitality, commercial, and cultural projects. Now a strategic partner of Oculus Light Studio following the 2026 acquisition announcement — directly comparable service offering, target client mix, and project type.
• Domingo Gonzalez Associates: Long-established independent architectural lighting design firm serving commercial, cultural, civic, and transportation projects with a strong East Coast and international portfolio. Comparable to Oculus as an independent design specialist competing for similar enterprise and institutional lighting design commissions.
• Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting Design: Independent architectural lighting design firm focused on commercial, hospitality, retail, and cultural projects. Comparable to Oculus as a boutique design service studio competing for similar enterprise lighting design commissions with a similar fee-based revenue model.
• Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design: NYC-based independent architectural lighting design studio working on museums, cultural institutions, commercial, and high-end residential projects. Comparable peer in terms of boutique design firm size, marquee cultural and commercial client portfolio, and award recognition.
• Cooley Monato Studio: New York-based architectural lighting design firm serving commercial, hospitality, and institutional clients with a similar boutique service model. Comparable peer in terms of design-led independent studio positioning, project-based services, and high-profile client roster.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with an internal lighting design practice serving commercial, hospitality, retail, and technology clients (including as a partner of Oculus on multiple projects). Larger, broader incumbent that competes for lighting design scope within full-service design engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/oculuslightstudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oculus-light-studio
• Instagraminstagram.com/oculuslightstudio
• Xx.com/oculuslight

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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