# Wei Lyu

> Wei Lyu is the co-founder and CEO of Nirva, a San Francisco company developing AI jewelry for automatic journaling and personal guidance. Formerly a product lead at Meta Reality Labs and head of product at XREAL, she brings a background in film, art management and fashion study to wearable computing. Nirva announced an $8 million seed round led by Lightspeed with support from South Park Commons in July 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Nirva
- **Organizations:** Nirva, Meta Reality Labs, XREAL, Hippo Technology Inc., South Park Commons
- **Education:** Bachelor, Film and TV Production, Peking University, Bachelor, Economics (double major), Peking University, Master, Arts Management, New York University, Fashion/Apparel Design studies; degree not specified, Parsons School of Design - The New School
- **Known for:** Led product work on spatial AI at Meta Reality Labs., Helped take XREAL AR glasses from prototype to global launch., Co-founded Nirva and secured seed backing from Lightspeed and South Park Commons.

## Career timeline

- **2016–2018** — Co-founder at Hippo Technology Inc., according to the public career listing.
- **2019–2020** — Head of Product at XREAL, then known as Nreal.
- **2021–2025** — Lead Product Manager, Spatial AI, at Meta Reality Labs.
- **2025** — Co-founded Nirva with Jason (Qianyuan) Chen and Hanying Hu; joined the South Park Commons Founder Fellowship.
- **2026-01** — Presented Nirva at CES 2026.
- **2026-07** — Nirva announced an $8 million seed round led by Lightspeed with support from South Park Commons.

## Achievements

- Led product work on spatial AI at Meta Reality Labs.
- Helped take XREAL AR glasses from prototype to global launch.
- Co-founded Nirva and secured seed backing from Lightspeed and South Park Commons.
- Nirva received a Tom’s Guide Best of CES 2026 award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Nirva announced an $8 million seed round led by Lightspeed, with South Park Commons participating.
- **2026-09** — In a Founder Park interview first published September 7 and republished September 28, Lyu discussed Nirva’s product direction, team and wearable design choices.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wei-lyu-xiaomenghuan/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/realweilyu

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Last updated: 2026-10-20