迪拜初创公司Xpanceo宣布完成2.5亿美元A轮融资，公司估值达13.5亿美元。Xpanceo致力于打造集增强现实、夜视、变焦、健康监测等功能于一体的智能隐形眼镜，旨在成为未来的计算界面。公司已开发出15个原型镜片，计划于2027年初整合各项功能并寻求FDA批准。Xpanceo的愿景是将用户现有的屏幕整合为一个无限屏幕，赋予佩戴者新的能力。公司计划先面向特定商业和医疗领域推出产品，预计2028年实现商业客户项目，并于2030年代初面向公众发布。

💡 Xpanceo是一家总部位于迪拜的初创公司，专注于开发智能隐形眼镜，并将其定位为未来的计算界面。公司近期获得了2.5亿美元的A轮融资，估值达到13.5亿美元，显示了市场对其愿景的看好。其联合创始人Roman Axelrod认为，公司的目标是将用户现有的所有屏幕整合为一个无限的屏幕，并赋予用户新的能力。

🚀 智能隐形眼镜的潜在功能非常广泛，包括提供增强现实（AR）体验、夜视能力、变焦功能，并通过泪液监测健康状况等。Xpanceo已经成功研发了15个原型镜片，其中一些具备无线充电和测量眼内压（眼液压力）的能力。公司计划在2027年初将这些功能整合到单一镜片中，并着手申请美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）的批准。

🏥 在产品发布策略上，Xpanceo采取了谨慎的态度，计划首先与医疗组织合作，开发用于监测眼内压等特定用途的镜片。这种“先窄后宽”的策略，是吸取了此前一些AI可穿戴设备（如Humane和Rabbit）上市后遭遇负面评价的教训。商业客户项目预计最早在2028年启动，而面向普通消费者的产品则有望在2030年代初面市。

🔮 未来，Xpanceo的智能隐形眼镜可能通过眼球追踪、舌头移动或语音控制等多种方式进行操作，进一步提升用户体验的便捷性和交互性。值得注意的是，Xpanceo并非唯一探索智能隐形眼镜领域的公司，谷歌和三星等科技巨头也曾在此领域进行过早期探索。

Xpanceo says smart contact lenses will be the computing interface of the future.The Dubai-based startup has raised $250 million at a $1.35 billion valuation.Here's the pitch deck laying out its team, product road map, and more.

Smart contact lens startup Xpanceo announced earlier this month that it has raised $250 million in Series A funding, valuing the company at $1.35 billion.

In the coming years, the Dubai-based startup envisions contact lenses that could offer augmented reality, night vision, and zoom, health tracking through tear fluid, and other features.

"The initial idea was to merge all the screens you have into one limitless screen," and to arm wearers with "new abilities," said cofounder and managing partner Roman Axelrod, a 35-year-old serial entrepreneur. He said the company's unicorn status is a sign it's on the right path.

Physicist Valentyn Volkov also cofounded Xpanceo.

Hong Kong-based Opportunity Venture led the funding round, which also led Xpanceo's $40 million seed round in 2023. The funds will go to product development and expanding the company's team, which consists of about 100 employees.

Xpanceo has built 15 prototype lenses, including ones that can charge wirelessly and measure interocular pressure, or eye fluid pressure. It aims to combine these capabilities into one lens by early 2027 and begin seeking FDA approval.

After that, it plans to start on narrow business use cases, such as working with medical organizations on lenses that can measure interocular pressure. That's because launching a first-generation product to the consumer market can be "suicide," Axelrod said, nodding to Humane and Rabbit. Both AI wearables weathered negative reviews, and Humane's device was discontinued.

Business customer projects could arrive as soon as 2028, and the lenses could be available to the public in the early 2030s, he said. In the future, lenses could be controlled by eye tracking, tongue movements, or voice control, the company said.

Xpanceo isn't alone in attempting to solve the complexity of smart contact lenses. Google and Samsung began exploring the field roughly a decade ago.

Here's a look at the pitch deck Xpanceo used to raise $250 million. One slide has been edited in order to share the deck publicly.