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Be My Eyes

by beatthatflight on 3/21/25, 1:25 AM with 7 comments

• by GuinansEyebrows on 3/21/25, 3:23 AM

  Seems like a really cool idea except for the fact that the main focus seems to be converting The Blind into a new market segment. I’m a little preoccupied but are there examples of this being used for non commercial activity? Or like… compensation for volunteers that facilitate the capture of profit for large companies on behalf of those with a chronic disability? Sorry if this comes across as too cynical but as a person with a disability I immediately question a “volunteer” service with a lot of corporate sponsors/use-cases.

• by MrDunham on 3/21/25, 3:07 AM

  I was lucky enough to help Singularity University launch their startup accelerator back in 2015 and have Be My Eyes as a portfolio company.

  I say lucky because they were such good people with such a great mission. Hans (founder) and Christian (co-founder) were really, really fun to get to spend ~10 weeks with.

  The new CEO is fairly recent so I can't vouch either way for him. Hans and Christian were an absolute joy with incredible hearts.

• by tonyoconnell on 3/21/25, 2:26 AM

  They used to be open source but closed around the same time they made a partnership with Open AI. Wonderful product though.

• by seejayseesjays on 3/21/25, 2:53 AM

  Love the few times I get a call! always nice to help a blind person

• by kerkeslager on 3/21/25, 2:57 AM

  What does AI add to this process exactly?