Gyges Labs is an AI hardware startup behind Halliday, smart glasses that pioneered an invisible, all-day-wearable micro-display projected directly into the wearer's field of view via a module Gyges calls DigiWindow. Unveiled at CES 2025 and priced around $489, Halliday positions itself as the world's first proactive AI glasses, surfacing real-time translation, transcription, teleprompting, navigation and assistant responses without an obtrusive screen or outward camera. The Halliday Kickstarter became the largest AI-glasses crowdfunding campaign in history, with more than 8,000 backers pledging over $3.3 million, and the company began shipping units in 2025. Gyges Labs is the first AI hardware investment by prominent investor Zhu Xiaohu and has raised multiple venture rounds, including a Pre-A round of tens of millions of RMB led by GSR Ventures with Shokz founder Chen Hao and NYX Ventures, plus a Pre-A+ round backed by Granite Asia and Bright Capital.
Gyges Labs
ActiveMaker of Halliday proactive AI glasses with an invisible display
Total raised
$15M
2 rounds
Stage
Pre A
Team
11-50
since 2022
Pricing
Freemium
free plan
Founded
2022
Shenzhen, China
Agent-ready
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Invisible DigiWindow micro-display
Proactive AI assistant
Real-time translation and transcription
Teleprompter mode
Turn-by-turn navigation
All-day comfortable wear
Camera-free privacy design
Smart ring control accessory
10/100
Early
MCP server
Public API
Webhooks
OAuth 2.0
SDKs
No public agent surfaces detected yet.
— Pre A $7M incl. Chen Hao (Shokz founder) +2
— Pre A+ $8M incl. Bright Capital +1
Capital network
$15M raised ·5 backers·9 network links
- Backers5
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- What is DigiWindow?
- DigiWindow is Halliday's invisible micro-display module that projects information into the wearer's view without a visible screen.
- Who makes Halliday?
- Halliday is built by Gyges Labs, a Shenzhen-based AI hardware startup.
- How much did Halliday raise on Kickstarter?
- Over $3.3 million from more than 8,000 backers, the largest AI-glasses crowdfunding campaign to date.
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