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Israeli startup AEYE Health wins US award for AI technology fighting blindness

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4 November 2026

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Fusion42 · 4 November 2026 · Fusion42 review

Israeli startup AEYE Health won the 2026 Prix Galien USA Award for its FDA-cleared AI system AEYE-DS, which detects diabetic eye disease quickly and enables easier screening in primary care settings to prevent blindness. The system is already used in major US healthcare networks and supports integration with electronic health records.

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You can bring AI diabetic eye screening into routine care without specialists or pupil dilation. This opens screening access fast and could disrupt eye care providers' role in the US.

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