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

WeWalk is revolutionizing mobility for the visually impaired with AI-powered smart canes

21 Mar 2025 · 2 min

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A visually impaired user demonstrates WeWalk, an AI-powered smart cane that uses GPS and voice prompts to navigate obstacles and alert the user to approaching people. At $850, it costs significantly more than a traditional cane, but the user says it makes them feel more relaxed and understood.

GPS, what is it telling you? Does it say you're on the corner of Broadway and Green Street?
Yes, and beyond that, as a visually impaired person, I need more accurate descriptions. So that's why we developed clockwise direction description as well. So it says 3 o'clock direction, 2 o'clock directions.
Does it alert you for people coming by or any of that? Yes, you're right.
So like that. So if there's something in front of you, like Yeah. You can hear the voice. If there's someone approaches you, you can also hear this beeping sound as well. Then you can move right or left, and then you can keep walking. First, congratulations.
Even just the technology, and I hear you have a patent. I think the purpose behind the company, I think, is very clear.
I relaxed more because there's a person who is understanding me. what am I talking about. How much does this cost? It costs $850. $850.
And how does that compare to, I'll say, an unsmart cane?
Yes, here. Yeah, so they're around $60. So they are just a plain stick. As a visually impaired community, we need more than that because the better you get around, the better you engage in life.