Hugo da Silva, CEO at Morphotonics: Morphotonics raised over €40m Series B

Morphotonics just raised over €40m Series B to build the machinery behind AI smart glasses and data center optics.

Hugo da Silva is CEO of Morphotonics, and they make equipment that imprints microscopic displays onto AI smart glasses, combining high precision with mass manufacturing scale. The new funding will go toward delivering their next-gen equipment and growing across Asia.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

0:21 What Morphotonics actually do

1:38 The new €40m Series B

4:31 Moving into AI data centers

7:50 Building local teams in Asia

10:22 Shipping fast vs spending 10 years on perfection

12:25 Why they are turning away new customers

13:58 When will 500 million people wear smart glasses

15:57 Main bottlenecks to mass scale