S3, 5 - Starting Up: Helping Blind People See the World Better with Be My Eyes

Millions of people around the world navigate their daily lives with low or no vision, and this can be particularly challenging when their environments aren’t accessible. Common tasks like doing laundry or buying something online could be made much easier if they could — even just for a moment — see what’s in front of them. Be My Eyes meets this need by connecting people with low or no vision to sighted volunteers through a video app. By showing volunteers real-time videos and talking to them, app users can ask questions and get more information about what they aren’t able to see. 

In this episode, Be My Eyes Founder Hans Jørgen Wiberg talks with host Molly Lazarus about his startup journey, and how he and his team have grown Be My Eyes into the company it is today. They discuss early monetization strategies, making deals with some of the world’s largest companies, and incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) to stay on the cutting edge of innovation.