Ikkio

IKKIO is a Finnish tech startup creating an AI assistant for smart glasses designed with the blind and visually impaired community, and built for anyone who needs real-time support understanding their surroundings. Unlike many solutions tied to specific hardware, IKKIO is designed to be smart glasses interoperable. Available as a mobile app and compatible with multiple smart glasses brands, IKKIO offers a seamless, hands-free experience powered by vision, voice, and memory. Users can detect objects, recognize text, hear spoken descriptions, and control it all through voice commands, gestures, taps or clicks from their phone or wearable device. Our innovation lies in how we combine edge AI, a custom-built lightweight model, and large language models (LLMs) to deliver fast, context-aware assistance that adapts to each user’s needs and preferences. IKKIO is a well-rounded AI assistant with endless possibilities that simplifies everyday tasks and makes the world more accessible. Hardware-agnostic. Privacy-first. Globally scalable.