WLDS Stock Skyrockets To Best Intraday Gains In Over 7 Months — What Is Fueling The Rally?

• Wearable Devices stated that its partnership aims to integrate its products, Mudra Band and Mudra Link, with Meta-Bounds’ products to enable spatial interaction.
• This partnership will target end consumers in the short term and enterprise users in the long term.
• Wearable Devices stated that the short-term focus of the partnership will include developing preliminary wristband controls for AR glasses. 

Shares of Wearable Devices (WLDS) climbed nearly 115% on Monday before paring some of the gains, registering the best intraday gains in more than seven months after the company announced a collaboration with Meta-Bounds Inc. for intuitive neural control for augmented reality (AR) glasses.

Wearable Devices also announced that it will develop solutions to make it easier for consumers to use AR glasses and create a seamless user experience.

At the time of writing, Wearable Devices shares were up more than 87% in Monday morning’s trade.

Partnership To Bring Wearable Devices’ Products To More Users

Wearable Devices stated that its partnership aims to integrate its products, Mudra Band and Mudra Link, with Meta-Bounds’ products to enable spatial interaction. This partnership will target end consumers in the short term and enterprise users in the long term, the company stated.

Wearable Devices stated that the short-term focus of the partnership will include developing preliminary wristband controls for AR glasses. This will allow users to control their AR experience using wrist gestures.

Over the long term, the company stated that it has developed a primary commercial model to support its global scaling ambitions and cater to the diverse needs of Meta-Bounds’ enterprise clients.

As part of the collaboration, Wearable Devices will integrate its Mudra products as premium accessories for Meta-Bounds’ customers. The company added that the partnership may expand to include customized resale solutions, directly integrated across Meta-Bounds’ broader AR product portfolio.

Partnership Results To Be Showcased Later This Year

Wearable Devices stated that it plans to showcase the results of its partnership with Meta-Bounds at the Augmented World Expo 2026 in Long Beach, California, scheduled for June 15-18, 2026.

The Israeli company offers neural input products for both wrist-worn devices and brain-computer interfaces.

Meta-Bounds has collaborated with SoftBank Group, Baidu, Oppo, Lenovo, and other large enterprise clients for its AR glasses.

Wearable Devices announced an expansion of its AI advisory board in March this year, onboarding former executives from Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL) and Qualcomm Corp. (QCOM) to help the company with its non-invasive electromyography (EMG) neural AI platform.

Global AR Market Projected To Grow To $2.3 Trillion By 2034

According to a report by Fortune Business Insights, the global AR market is projected to grow to $2.3 trillion by 2034, up from $140 billion in 2025.

The North American market dominated in 2025, according to the report, accounting for nearly 31% of the $140 billion industry.

The increasing adoption of AR technology in the healthcare sector is expected to drive growth in the AR market, according to the report.

How Did Retail Traders React?

Retail sentiment on Stocktwits around Wearable Devices trended in the ‘extremely bullish’ territory, with message volumes at ‘extremely high’ levels at the time of writing.

One user stated that this is just the beginning and that the rally could run for multiple days.

WLDS stock is down 21% year-to-date and 52% over the past 12 months. The SVanguard Extended Market Index Fund ETF (VXF) is up 40% over the past 12 months.

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