Romania: Deep-Tech Startup .lumen Teams Up With Arrow Electronics To Scale (…)

January 14, 2026

Deep-Tech Startup .lumen Teams Up With Arrow Electronics To Scale Production Of Its Glasses For The Blind
Jan 14, 2026

Deep-Tech Startup .lumen Teams Up With Arrow Electronics To Scale Production Of Its Glasses For The Blind.

.lumen, the Romanian deep-tech startup behind the world’s first AI-powered glasses for the blind, has concluded a strategic partnership with Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW), global technology solutions provider, to scale intelligent guide glasses designed to replicate the key functions of a guide dog.

[Read the article in Ziarul Financiar]

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