SmartAIs

Vincent, welcome to the team! 🎉 We’re beyond excited to announce Vincent Clausen joining SmartAIs as Founders Associate. Bringing on new team members isn’t just about growth; it’s about finding people who share our passion for the mission! 🙌   He brings a wealth of experience from venture financing and consulting, along with a fresh perspective that will be invaluable as we continue to innovate in AI for the blind community. 📈✨   With an entrepreneurial mindset from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vincent has already immersed himself in startup life—even experimenting with his own venture during his Bachelor’s. That’s exactly the spirit we need at SmartAIs! 💡   Welcome aboard, Vincent – let’s make a difference together for the blind community! 💙   #SmartAIs #TeamUpdate #Innovation #TechForGood #Accessibility #BlindCommunity

See you in #Rotterdam at #InIn24 on November 11th! 👋 SmartAIs is excited to participate in Inclusive Innovations 2024, an esteemed industry event hosted by Envision . This gathering brings together leading innovators from across Europe to discuss the newest advancements for the blind and visually impaired community. We're thrilled to showcase our obstacle avoidance app and demonstrate how technology can empower independence and safety. #InIn24 #Accessibility #AssistiveTechnology #AI #Wearables #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityTech #LetsEnvision #LowVision

𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗔𝗜𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝟲𝗚 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 🚀   Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting SmartAIs at the Thinknet 6G Summit, showcasing our solution with a deep-dive into our technology.   𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟲𝗚 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗔𝗜𝘀? 🤔   At SmartAIs, we aim to guide blind people safely to their destinations. 6G offers us some exciting opportunities, including: 📍 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Crucial for navigation and obstacle avoidance, making it easier to guide users safely. ⚡ 𝗟𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: This will enable us to add more powerful algorithms and AI models, that need to run in the cloud. In the future, this will help us build a multi-functional digital assistant for many challenges faced by blind people, not just obstacle avoidance and navigation. 📡 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴: The most exciting for me, this technology allows devices to use the same signals for both communication and sensing their surroundings. Essentially, as a blind person, your phone can stay in your pocket, and we can still detect obstacles without relying on the camera, I can hardly believe it! ✨ What an insightful interview with Prof. Gerhard Fettweis and Dr. Alexander Duisberg.   It was great to meet other innovative startups and share the stage to present our innovations, including: Olive Robotics, SynthesEyes, fünfeinhalb, EcoLogic Computing, and RadALp.    A huge thank you to Bayern Innovativ GmbH, TUM Venture Labs, 6G-life, Kimberley Parsons (Trommler), and Anna Efa for the support! 🙏 The future is exciting, and we are committed to leveraging the newest technologies to help blind people. 🌍💡   Photo credits: Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Ivonne Wagner 📸 #thinknet6G #6G #6GforGood #SmartAIs #Assistive6GTech #Innovation

🤯 SmartAIs wins at Deutscher Mobilitätspreis! 🎉 What a day for SmartAIs! We are proud to have won the award in the category "Digital Transformation & AI" at the Deutscher Mobilitätspreis, presented during the Digital-Gipfel 2024 in Frankfurt. 🏆✨ We feel truly honored that the jury recognizes the importance and potential of new technologies like AI to make a positive impact in the blind and visually impaired community. 🙌🦯 A big thank you to Volker Wissing for handing over the award, and to Christiane Möller from DBSV for helping bring the needs of the blind community into the spotlight. 💙 And as if that wasn’t enough: Carsten Maschmeyer almost simultaneously mentioned our mission in one of his posts, acknowledging our entrepreneurial efforts to support blind and visually impaired people with an innovative obstacle avoidance solution. 🙏 It's inspiring to see that Carsten continues to cheer for newcomers, even as an experienced and seasoned entrepreneur and investor. 🚀 Big thank you to the jury members of Deutscher Mobilitätspreis: Angela Francke, Dr. Daniela Gerd tom Markotten, Prof. Dr. Meike Jipp, Bernd Kalkbrenner, Anna-Theresa Korbutt, Christine Lang, Christiane Möller, Dr. Olga Nevska, Daniel Reese and Bernhard Rohleder. #SmartAIs #DeutscherMobilitätspreis #DigitalGipfel #AIForGood #Innovation #Accessibility #TechForGood #Transformation #BlindCommunity #Entrepreneurship #Inclusion #CarstenMaschmeyer

🚨🏆 Award Alert – We need your support! SmartAIs has been shortlisted for the Deutscher Mobilitätspreis by the German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport! We’re honored that the jury recognizes our efforts to enhance mobility for blind and visually impaired people. 🙌 The award ceremony will be held tomorrow at the Digital-Gipfel, and we need your help! 🗳️ Starting now, you can vote for us until October 21st at around 12:15 PM for the audience award: www.mobilitaetspreis.de We’re also competing in the category “Digital Transformation and AI” alongside amazing contenders like Futurail and MoveOn. This initiative by the German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport gives startups like us a fantastic platform to gain visibility and showcase how tech can improve lives! 🌍✨ Let’s see if we can make it to the top together🏆🚀 We truly appreciate your support! #SmartAIs #FutureOfMobility #Innovation #Startups #TechForGood #DigitalTransformation #Accessibility #DeutscherMobilitätspreis #DigitalGipfel

🎉 Exciting News - SmartAIs welcomes a 4th Co-Founder! 🎉   You might remember when we introduced Anika Watzka as part of the SmartAIs team during the Digital Product School by UnternehmerTUM for a 3-month period. During those 3 months, we quickly realized that Anika, with her background in customer-centric development and interaction design, brings not only essential skills but also the creative mindset we need to succeed. 💡✨   She’s a true team player who fits perfectly into our team, and her dedication to delivering the best product to our customers is unmatched. 🚀   So, what do you do when you find someone like that? Well… we offered Anika a Co-Founder position, and she said Yes! 🎉👏   From now on, we are incredibly proud to have you, Anika, as part of our team. We’re ready to rock the tech space for blind and visually impaired people together! 🤝🦯   #SmartAIs #TeamUpdate #Innovation #TechForGood #Accessibility #BlindCommunity #CoFounder #DigitalProductSchool #UnternehmerTUM

🤔 Does SmartAIs belong in a museum? 🤔   Definately yes! Because innovation is also a form of art and therefore we feel in good company in a museum. 😋   Jokes aside - We are always eager to raise awareness about the incredible advancements happening for the blind community. That’s why we’re excited to accept the invitation from Deutsches Museum and Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst to showcase our solution during the #LangeNachtderMuseen on Saturday, October 19th, where visitors can learn more about innovative startups while enjoying the museum exhibitions.   Both museums prioritize accessibility, and we were delighted to learn that the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst has a special room dedicated to blind and visually impaired visitors to experience Egyptian art. We absolutely love this initiative!   At the Deutsches Museum, we’ll dive deep on demonstrating our innovativative technology and you can try our solution in a computer simulation. Meet Yamen Mohisn there! And if you dare: At the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, you can try out our solution firsthand by navigating an obstacle course blindfolded with our app. Anika Watzka, Said Derbel and Sascha Preget will be assisting you!   Drop by, enjoy the exhibitions, and learn more about SmartAIs. We look forward to meeting you!   🗓️ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻? October 19th, 𝟲 𝗣𝗠 - 𝟭 𝗔𝗠 📍 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲? The Science Communication Lab at the Deutsches Museum: Museumsinsel 1, 80538 München. The Auditorium of the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst: Gabelsbergerstraße 35, 80333 München. 🎟 Get your tickets here: https://lnkd.in/dUWC52hX 📜 More details about the program: https://lnkd.in/dJjds54u   Thank you to Dr. Fabian Heil, MUNICH INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM, MUNICH STARTUP, and AI+Munich for organizing this special event!   #SmartAIs #Innovation #Accessibility #LangeNachtderMuseen #BlindCommunity #TechForGood #MuseumExperience #aiplusmunich #munichinnovationecosystem #startupsbelonginamuseum #ai #LNdMM2024

Disclaimer: No team members were hurt during the recording of the video. Or were they? After screening the footage we are actually not sure. 🤕 The following question made us accept some bruises while hitting obstacles on sidewalks: How exactly does it feel to be a blind person navigating the sidewalks? 🦯 Sure, talking to those affected or going for a walk with them is essential to understand their challenges. But sometimes, it’s also insightful to put ourselves in their shoes, put on a blindfold, and experience the sidewalks with a cane. That’s exactly what we did last week, and here are the problems we struggled with the most: 🚧 Construction sites blocking the sidewalk 🔄 Navigating bends or turns 🛑 Complex situations with multiple obstacles 🚲 Chains of bicycles on the sidewalk's edge 👥 Crowds of people And to be honest - some of the situations we show in the video are super difficult to solve. We’re working hard to see which of these challenges we can solve with our new prototype in development! Stay tuned for more updates. 🚀 [Video alt text for accessibility] Filmed from a first-person perspective, a person with a white cane walks along sidewalks. In short sequences, the person bumps into benches, e-scooters, construction sites, motorcycles, stairs, and bicycles. #SmartAIs #Innovation #Accessibility #BlindNavigation #TechForGood #PrototypeDevelopment #InclusiveTech #ObstacleAvoidance

Happy White Cane Day! 🎉 Today, we celebrate the white cane and its incredible role in empowering people who are blind or visually impaired. The cane helps users: 1️⃣ Detect obstacles like bicycles and poles.  2️⃣ Follow guiding lines in public spaces. 3️⃣ Orient themselves through the sound of tapping, which echoes off walls. 4️⃣ Feel surface changes like grass, pavement, or gravel. However, there are some downsides of the white cane: ⚠️ It only detects obstacles below waist level and can miss thin objects like poles. ⚠️ It doesn’t guide users on how to avoid obstacles. ⚠️ Navigating crowded or complex areas can still be difficult. We aim to solve these challenges with our obstacle avoidance app, which can be used alongside the white cane to detect and avoid obstacles more effectively! #WhiteCaneDay #Independence #BlindnessAwareness #Inclusion #Accessibility #TechForGood

🚆 SmartAIs goes Hamburg for the Health-i Award!! 🎉 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of attending the incredible Health-i Award 2024 ceremony at the stunning venue of Hammerbrooklyn.DigitalCampus in Hamburg. While we didn’t take home the top prize, we are incredibly proud to have made it into the top 10 out of over 100 early-stage applicants, showcasing our prototype for obstacle avoidance solutions for blind and visually impaired people. 🚀 A big congratulations to the winner DiaMonTech AG and the runner-ups PRECISIS GmbH and MySympto! 🎖️ But at the end of the day, we’re all winners, as all 10 teams are working towards making a real difference in people’s lives. Shoutout also to EASEE®Epilepsie, hellomed.com, iuvando Health, LillianCare, Pathmate Technologies AG and Recovery Cat. It was an amazing experience, and we’re thrilled with the feedback we received from the crowd during Yamen's pitch! 🙌 A huge thank you to the Health-i Award organizers, Handelsblatt and Techniker Krankenkasse, for bringing together such an inspiring group of startups and industry experts. 🌟 #SmartAIs #HealthIAward #Hamburg #Innovation #Accessibility #Startups #TechForGood #BlindNavigation Said DerbelYamen MohisnAnika WatzkaSascha Preget