Smart Glasses See the World
Auralink glasses are equipped with high-resolution wide-angle cameras and depth sensors that continuously capture everything in front of the wearer: obstacles, signage, people, steps, and more.
Camera + Depth Sensing
Supported by NovaUCD · Fighting Blindness Ireland
Your world, narrated
in real time.
Auralink uses AI-powered smart glasses to give blind and visually impaired people real-time navigation, hazard detection, and audio guidance, so they can move through the world with confidence and independence.
Prototype live · Ireland launch 2026
AUDIO GUIDANCE
Turn left in 20 metres.
295 million people. Afraid to step outside.
"Every time I leave the house, I feel like I'm walking into the unknown. The fear isn't the darkness; it's not knowing what's coming."
"I stopped going to the corner shop alone two years ago. One bad fall and you lose confidence completely. You start to shrink your world."
0M
visually impaired worldwide
1 in 0
never leave home alone
€0B
accessibility tech market
Current assistive tools, white canes and guide dogs, provide no real-time hazard information and rely entirely on memory. In a world of scooters, construction, and digital navigation, they haven't changed in 70 years. We can do better.
How It Works
From sight to sound in 50 milliseconds.
Three seamless steps. Designed to feel invisible, so wearers can focus on living, not on their technology.
AI Processes in Real Time
Our on-device AI engine, trained on millions of real-world scenes, identifies hazards, reads text, recognises faces, and plots navigation paths in under 50ms. No cloud. No latency. No data leaving the device.
Edge AI · <50ms latency
Audio Guidance, Instantly
Crystal-clear directional audio is delivered through bone-conduction speakers built into the glasses frame, keeping the wearer fully aware of their surroundings while receiving precise, natural-language navigation cues.
Bone Conduction Audio
Live AI Demo
See what Auralink sees.
This is the view from Auralink glasses walking through Dublin city centre, with real-time AI detection identifying every hazard, landmark, and cue.
Audio
🚶 Pedestrian ahead: move slightly right
Object Detection
200+ object classes identified in real time
Edge Processing
All AI runs on-device with zero cloud dependency
Natural Audio
Human-paced voice guidance in 14 languages
Why Now
Three forces converging.
The technology, the market, and the urgency have never aligned like this before.
AI is finally fast enough.
Edge computing breakthroughs mean full scene understanding now runs in under 50ms on a device the size of a thumbnail. Two years ago this was impossible. Today it's Auralink.
<50mson-device inference
Smart glasses are going mainstream.
Meta, Ray-Ban, and Google have proven that people will wear AI-powered glasses daily. The hardware platform exists, the consumer acceptance is proven, and we are building the software layer for the 295 million who need it most.
14M+smart glasses sold in 2025 · 140% YoY growth
No solution exists yet.
The global accessibility tech market is worth €25 billion and growing rapidly, yet no company has built a real-time, AI-native navigation system for the visually impaired. The gap is enormous. The moment is now.
0direct competitors at scale
Traction & Credibility
Built with Ireland's best.
We're proud to be supported by institutions that share our vision of a more accessible world.
Incubator Partner
NovaUCD
University College Dublin Innovation Centre
Auralink was selected for NovaUCD's highly competitive innovation programme. Ireland's leading university incubator, based at University College Dublin, NovaUCD provides Auralink with world-class mentorship, state-of-the-art facilities, access to a deep network of investors and industry experts, and strategic support as we move from prototype to product.
Ireland's #1 university startup programme
Research & Community Partner
Fighting Blindness Ireland
Ireland's leading sight loss research charity
Fighting Blindness Ireland is our anchor partner for research, community access, and clinical credibility. They connect us directly with the visually impaired community, ensuring every product decision is grounded in real user needs. Their backing gives Auralink both the trust of the community we serve and the scientific rigour our technology demands.
Connecting us with the community we serve
More partnerships coming soon.
Our Progress
- Feb 2026
V1 Prototype Built
First working Auralink prototype with real-time object detection and audio guidance
- Mar 2026
Fighting Blindness Partnership
Formal partnership established with Fighting Blindness Ireland for research and community access
- May 2026
NovaUCD Accepted
Selected for NovaUCD's prestigious innovation programme, UCD's flagship startup incubator
- In ProgressACTIVE
Pre-Seed Raise
Actively raising pre-seed funding to accelerate software development and build a community and key partnerships
The Team
Built by people who care deeply.
We're not building Auralink for a pitch deck. We're building it because the world needs it, and because we believe we can.
Scott Nagle
Co-Founder & CEO
Drives Auralink's strategy, fundraising, and key partnerships. Scott brings a founder's relentlessness and a deep conviction that technology should serve people first, especially those who need it most.
StrategyFundraisingPartnerships
Qiushi Chen
Co-Founder & CTO
Leads Auralink's AI architecture and technical vision. Qiushi designs the systems that turn raw camera data into clear, life-changing audio guidance, all in under 50 milliseconds on-device.
AI ArchitectureEdge InferenceTechnical Vision
Jake Fang
Founding Engineer
The builder behind Auralink's core product and prototype. Jake translates complex AI research into reliable, real-world hardware and software, making the prototype not just work, but work brilliantly.
Product BuildPrototypeFull-Stack
Suyun Zheng
Co-Founder & Medical Lead
Brings ophthalmology expertise and clinical rigour to everything Auralink builds. Suyun ensures our technology meets the real needs of visually impaired users: safely, accurately, and with clinical integrity.
OphthalmologyClinical ResearchMedical Affairs
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