Ikkio
AI assistant for smart glasses that describes surroundings, text and products to blind and visually impaired users
Highlights
- Young companyFounded 2025
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-28
About Ikkio
IKKIO builds an AI assistant that runs with smart glasses and phones. It describes objects, text, signs, places and people in the user's language, and supports voice commands and real-time assistance. The app is compatible with Ray-Ban Meta and Brilliant Labs Frame glasses, with other devices planned.
The product is aimed at blind and visually impaired people. Listed use cases include shopping, getting around, recognising people and social cues, and reading documents and screens aloud. The company is launching a beta in Europe and the United States and takes early-access sign-ups through its website.
IKKIO is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, and was founded there in 2025. Its founding idea traces back to a 2015 meeting in Joensuu, Finland. The founders are Iara Dias and Aleksei Sytnikov, and Azra Tayyebi is on the founding team. The company is part of the NVIDIA Inception Program and was named to the Slush Top 50.
Product: Mobile and smart-glasses AI assistant with object detection, text recognition, audio description and voice commands; works with Ray-Ban Meta and Brilliant Labs Frame.
Jobs at Ikkio
Leadership
- Aleksei Sytnikov · Product & Engineering · Co-founderSource: company website
- Iara Dias · Product & AI Strategy · FounderSource: company website
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