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TechCrunch May 18, 2026 at 11:00 Startups Stable Warm

South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses

A lens the size of a thumbnail — and the South Korean startup that makes it — could become the optical backbone of the AI glasses era.

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May 18, 2026 at 11:00 TechCrunch

South Korea’s LetinAR is building optics behind AI glasses

A lens the size of a thumbnail — and the South Korean startup that makes it — could become the optical backbone of the AI glasses era.

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Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections

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