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Chi Xu

Founder and CEO of XREAL (formerly Nreal), a Beijing-based consumer AR glasses company. Former NVIDIA software engineer who founded XREAL in 2017 and led development of the XREAL Air series, reaching over 350,000 units shipped and ~50% market share. Holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University and a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Chinese · 1 current role · 1 founding


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Current roles (1)

  • XREAL CEO & Co-founderSecondary-verified

Foundings (1)

  • XREALfounded 2017-01-01cofounder

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Sources (3)

  1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/smart-glasses-pioneer-xreal-raises-100-million-in-new-funding
  2. AWE USA 2023 · https://www.awexr.com/usa-2023/speakers/4692-chi-xu
  3. LinkedIn · https://www.linkedin.com/in/xuchi

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