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Fovionics
Techstars '25Dover, US · 3 known investors
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Fovionics develops smart glasses for blind and visually impaired people, aimed at assisting with reading and daily tasks. The company focuses on making assistive vision technology affordable, with roots addressing accessibility gaps in Brazil.
Also known as BeyondSight
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Fovionics is a hardware startup developing AI-equipped glasses for people who are blind or visually impaired. The device is designed to read text such as menus and classwork aloud, identify objects, and alert users to obstacles in their path. Sensors trigger vibration in the corresponding frame of the glasses when an obstacle is detected on that side, while small onboard speakers deliver directionalized audio describing the object and its proximity. Users can also pose spoken questions, such as how to reach the nearest door, and receive spoken directions in return.
The company positions the product as a complement to, rather than a replacement for, a white cane or guide dog, and emphasizes affordability relative to existing sight-assistance devices that the founders say cost thousands of dollars. Fovionics is listed by Techstars under hardware and manufacturing, at pre-seed stage with 1-10 employees.
Founding story
Co-founder Gabriel Habech, an engineering student at Florida International University, had a childhood friend who was blind and sought to address the everyday problems that friend faced, including the inability to afford assistive devices that cost thousands of dollars. He founded the company with Mike Romano, an FIU engineering graduate whose work background includes persistent surveillance devices with the US Army's Intelligence and Electronic Warfare and Sensors Department. The two started the Miami-based venture in 2023 under the name BeyondSight.
Business model
Hardware device sold with a connected iOS application and cloud-based AI processing, positioned at a lower price point than existing sight-assistance devices.
Traction
Recruiting for a first-round pilot program of 200 to 300 users, participation in the Techstars program with a $120,000 investment, a presentation at the Florida Venture Capital Conference, and a pending agreement with Florida International University to provide glasses to its visually impaired students. The team consisted of the two co-founders.
Latest developments
The company was seeking $1.5 million to advance the glasses' AI capabilities and hire engineers, AI specialists and a marketing specialist, while building its pilot participant list.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
The founders argue, based on their engineering experience, that sight-assisting devices do not require the high price tags common in the market, and are designing a product intended to be affordable; the device is framed as complementing a cane or guide dog rather than replacing them.
Technology
The glasses connect over Bluetooth to an iOS application, which in turn connects to cloud services. Two buttons on the device activate object-detection sensors and voice requests respectively; pressing the request button captures a photo of the user's surroundings along with the spoken query and sends both to the cloud for processing, with the AI response returned through small speakers on the glasses. Obstacle alerts combine frame vibration on the relevant side with directionalized audio identifying the object and its distance. The founders describe an intent to develop the AI so that it continuously learns from the user's environment and proactively announces hazards such as approaching stairs.
Go-to-market
Fovionics recruits participants for a pilot program covering an initial 200 to 300 users, with sign-ups taken through its website and an emphasis on reaching people in Miami. The founders have engaged non-profits, eye hospitals, clinics and ophthalmologists, and were working with Florida International University on a pending arrangement to supply the glasses to all of its visually impaired students.
Blind and visually impaired individuals, including university students; the company has worked with non-profits such as Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, as well as eye hospitals, eye clinics and ophthalmologists.
Geography
Locations listed include Silver Bluff Estates and Miami, Florida, and Dover, Delaware; early pilot activity is focused on Miami.
History
The startup was founded in 2023 as BeyondSight and was officially incorporated in February, later operating as Fovionics. It received a $120,000 investment from Techstars and presented at the Florida Venture Capital Conference in March. At the time of reporting, the founders were seeking to raise $1.5 million to further develop the glasses' AI features and to hire engineers, AI specialists and a marketing specialist, with Romano and Habech comprising the entire team.
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsThe company presented at the Florida Venture Capital Conference in March.
Founded in 2023 as BeyondSight, the company was officially incorporated in February.
Fovionics received a $120,000 investment from Techstars.
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Fovionics began recruiting 200 to 300 participants for the pilot program of the first round of its glasses, with sign-ups via its website.
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- Fovionics is creating AI-powered glasses for the visually impaired - Refresh Miamirefreshmiami.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Fovionics do?
- Fovionics builds AI-powered glasses that give blind and visually impaired users audio and haptic cues for navigation and reading.
- Who founded Fovionics?
- Fovionics was founded by Gabriel Habech.
- Who are Fovionics's investors?
- Fovionics's investors include Techstars, Tetrad, LongJump Ventures.
- Where is Fovionics headquartered?
- Fovionics is headquartered in Dover, US.