Over Coffees® is on hiatus as we complete production on a special-edition episode. Please enjoy this reposting of one of our top episodes from earlier this year.

“I wish somehow to contribute to a better world,” says Abeye Co-Founder and CEO Michael Kodochian.

And a number of students–and adults–would almost certainly agree that that’s exactly what his Lexilens® technology is doing.

Michael started by inventing patented smart glasses, to help users with dyslexia read more smoothly. These glasses, Michael explains, work as a filter, correcting the brain’s visual processing.

“It cleans the input (of information you’re reading),” Michael says.

He is quick to point out that Lexilens® doesn’t increase reading speed, nor distinguish letters.

What it does, though, is “clear” the input of the text the user reads, to allow them to acquire better reading capabilities. In effect, it can cancel out the “noise” of dyslexia.

And earlier this year, Abeye began shipping another new visual-processing technology in the U.S.: their Lexilens® LED monitor!

Expanding ease in reading

At the time of our conversation in January, Michael had just exhibited the monitor at CES® 2026. The new monitor, he explained, incorporated the Lexilens® technology. Users could comfortably and inconspicuously use the technology for work, school or at home without needing a hardware device.

Michael mentioned, at the time, that Abeye intended to make the new monitor available in the U.S. by March.

A quick check of their website shows that the monitor is now available for purchase!

This is going to continue to change some lives–and the world–for the better.

Michael shared the story of his smart-eyewear startup Abeye, explained how the technology works, and offered a closer look at some of the results he’s seen, among users of his innovation.

On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover:

• How Michael first became inspired to use his talents, as an engineer and entrepreneur, to build smart eyewear;

• The early days of his startup, Abeye (and the story behind the name!);

• The story of Lexilens® (which began with a research finding which, as Michael says, went “almost unnoticed”!);

• A turning point that showed Michael and his team the value of their technology;

• What he’s observed, that people don’t necessarily know about dyslexia;

• A “demo” of Lexilens®, and how it works;

• A closer look at the new LED monitor,

• Michael’s vision for the future of Lexilens®;

• Some of the feedback from users, on their experiences with his innovation.