Even Realities: $150M and a $1B valuation on camera-free smart glasses

Friends, a quick update from the tech and smart glasses sector.

Even Realities has raised $150 million in a pre-Series B round led by Meituan and Tencent, lifting its valuation to $1 billion.

Key points:
— the startup is betting on display-first glasses, not cameras or content capture;
— privacy remains a core product principle;
— sales have topped 10,000 pairs, and the business is still profitable, according to the CEO;
— its main markets are the US, Japan, South Korea, the Middle East and Europe.

Why it matters: wearables are evolving fast, and competition now extends beyond hardware to use cases and user trust.

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