2025 Shortlisted nominee
D&I TECH INITIATIVE AWARD
Be My Eyes is a global accessibility tech company connecting blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers and businesses through live video and AI. Founded in 2015, the platform has grown into the world’s largest community of its kind, with over 7.6 million volunteers supporting 669,000 users in 180+ languages. Be My Eyes empowers users to navigate daily life with greater independence while enabling organisations to deliver more inclusive customer support. In July 2024, the company expanded its impact with a groundbreaking initiative providing inclusive video data to improve AI training, while strengthening its privacy policies to give users explicit opt-out control. By combining community-driven support with cutting-edge AI, Be My Eyes is transforming accessibility, proving that technology, designed with and for disabled people, can remove barriers, scale inclusion, and foster human connection worldwide.
