Tim DraperFounder and Managing Partne, Draper Associate · I back the ideas that look crazy first

🦯 Meet WeWALK: Revolutionizing mobility for the visually impaired with smart canes

18 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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WeWalk is a smart cane for the 250 million visually impaired people worldwide. It detects overhead obstacles, gives turn-by-turn directions, and shows nearby restaurants and transit options. The company has already helped over 5,000 users.

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There are more than 250 million visually impaired people, and that's why we developed patented smart cane technology, WeWalk. It detects and alerts its users about overhead obstacles, gives turn-by-turn navigation, informs you about restaurants, stores, cafes while you are passing by, and also you can get public transport information. So it's a foldable cane. You can fold, unfold, and then it has obstacle detection technology here. Beyond that, as WeWalk, we are creating an ecosystem around our Smart Cane technology with our value-added subscription services for visually impaired people's parents as well as teachers. So far, we changed more than 5,000 visually impaired people's lives.