What Youarhere does

youARhere is a Paris-based digital innovation agency founded in 2013 that designs augmented reality (AR) and precision indoor-geolocation applications for cultural institutions, tourism organizations, museums, and educational clients. The company's flagship product, CultureGlass — first presented in May 2014 in collaboration with the French Ministry of Culture and Communication — was the first application globally to combine mobile devices, Google Glass eyewear, and iBeacon Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy beacons, delivering real-time, centimeter-precision positioning (claimed 10cm accuracy) that triggers contextual audio guides, videos, and AR content when visitors approach artworks or exhibits. Its predecessor, CultureClic, was positioned as the first mobile application for augmented culture.

The technical stack spans custom iOS, Android, Google Glass, and Web application development; BLE beacon-based indoor positioning; IoT-connected object integration; and integration of open data from public cultural institutions. The founders bring over 20 years of digital innovation and content production experience, and the company has registered brand identities for both CultureGlass and CultureClic. The stated product roadmap includes expansion to other connected eyewear platforms (including French-developed smart glasses) and deployment of a demonstrator in a public cultural establishment.

youARhere operates a pure professional services revenue model, generating income through custom application development, digital strategy consulting, and interactive experience design engagements. Go-to-market is direct, enterprise field sales: clients reach the company via website contact form, email ([email protected]), and phone. Pricing is fully custom and non-public. The company discloses one named institutional relationship (Ministry of Culture and Communication) and targets four verticals — cultural institutions/museums, tourism and heritage, education, and communication/media — but operates with a small 1–10 person team, signaling a boutique, project-based commercial profile rather than a scaled SaaS business.

Name

Youarhere

Legal name

youARhere S.A.S.

Website

https://youarhere.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

youARhere is a Paris-based digital innovation agency designing augmented reality and iBeacon microgeolocation applications for cultural institutions, tourism organizations, museums, and educational clients across France, delivered via bespoke consulting and custom development projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Augmented Reality and Digital Innovation Services for Culture

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

AR/VR & Spatial Computing (SLAM, 3D vision) (HDAAAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Immersive/Interactive Animation (AR/VR/Real-Time) (MPAHACAN), Mobile/Digital Experiential (AR/VR, Interactive Installations) (MPAAAGAI)

Keywords

• Augmented reality applications
• Microgeolocation technology
• Cultural digital experiences
• AR app development
• Interactive mobile solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Application Development: Design and development of complete AR, microgeolocation, and IoT solutions for mobile and connected devices including iOS, Android, Google Glass, and Web applications.
2. Digital Strategy Consulting: Strategic consulting and project follow-up for digital innovation initiatives in tourism, culture, and heritage sectors.
3. Interactive Experience Design: Creation of interactive, immersive guided tours and experiences, both indoor and outdoor, with geolocated content delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Youarhere is a Paris-based digital innovation agency that designs and develops augmented reality and microgeolocation applications for cultural, tourism, and educational institutions. Its flagship products are CultureGlass—an AR application combining mobile, Google Glass, and iBeacon indoor geolocation—and CultureClic, a mobile AR app for culture, supplemented by bespoke AR/IoT solution development, digital strategy consulting, and interactive experience design.

Product overview

youARhere is a digital innovation agency offering a portfolio of augmented reality and microgeolocation solutions across mobile, connected glasses (Google Glass), and IoT devices. Its core products are CultureGlass — a wearable augmented culture application combining mobile, Google Glass, and iBeacon for precision indoor geolocation — and its predecessor CultureClic, the first mobile app for augmented culture. The agency also provides interactive immersive indoor/outdoor tours, geolocated interactive guides, data visualization tools, digital strategy consulting, and project follow-through services across tourism, culture, museums, education, communication, and leisure sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CultureGlass: First application combining mobile, Google Glass, and iBeacon technology for augmented visits in cultural and tourist establishments. Enables real-time geolocated information access within cultural venues.

Quantifiable outcome

• Locate visitors within 10cm accuracy

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ministry of Culture and Communication (France)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2014Collaborative development of CultureGlass application, the first solution combining mobile, Google Glass, and iBeacon for augmented cultural visits. The Ministry hosted the project's debut presentation at the Silicon Valois event in May 2014, attended by the Minister of Culture.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cuseum: Cuseum builds digital engagement tools including AR experiences, interactive guides, and beacon-triggered content for museums and cultural institutions. Directly comparable in target customer (museums) and in use of AR + indoor geolocation for visitor engagement.
• INDE: INDE develops large-scale AR, VR, and mixed-reality experiences for museums, brands, and public spaces. Directly comparable as a content-and-technology studio delivering immersive AR installations for cultural and entertainment clients.
• Panedia: Panedia creates AR and VR experiences for cultural institutions, museums, aquariums, and tourism operators worldwide. Comparable in delivering AR-based interactive visitor experiences and digital heritage storytelling.
• Smartify: Smartify offers a mobile AR app that identifies artworks and provides contextual cultural content in museums and galleries. Highly comparable to youARhere's CultureClic as both deliver AR-driven cultural interpretation directly to visitors.
• GuideID: GuideID provides location-aware audio guide and multimedia tour apps for museums and tourist attractions. Closely comparable to youARhere's CultureGlass in delivering geolocated audio/video content within cultural venues.

Emerging players

• Marxent Labs: Marxent Labs builds AR/3D visualization and configuration experiences for retail and enterprise. Partially comparable as an emerging AR studio targeting experiential use cases, though it focuses on commerce rather than cultural heritage.
• Artivive: Artivive enables artists and museums to add AR layers to physical artworks via a mobile app. Comparable as a niche AR-for-culture platform, though it focuses more on art overlay than full visitor-tour experiences.
• VNTANA: VNTANA offers AR/3D experience tooling for brands, agencies, and venues including experiential marketing activations. Comparable as an emerging player delivering interactive AR experiences for cultural and commercial venues.

Broad incumbents

• Niantic (8th Wall): Niantic's 8th Wall platform provides web AR development tools used for cultural, retail, and marketing experiences. Comparable as a broader AR platform incumbent that competes for the same cultural AR development budgets.
• Blippar: Blippar is a web-based AR creation platform used by brands and agencies for interactive AR campaigns. Broader incumbent in AR content tooling with overlapping cultural/marketing use cases but not specialized in museum visitor experiences.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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