Meta’s Ray-Bans Partner Draws Attention From Tech Rivals

EssilorLuxottica might not be a household name in the U.S. But the eyeglass giant, maker of Meta Platforms’ smart Ray-Ban glasses as well as dozens of other eyewear brands, is suddenly a company tech firms want to buddy up with.

Rocco Basilico, the 34-year-old Italian head of EssilorLuxottica’s wearables business, revealed in an interview that the company had been getting approaches from some big tech companies interested in “smart eyewear.” He said EssilorLuxottica had “talked” with some of the tech giants but the “only ongoing partnership with big tech is the relationship that we have with Meta.”