Seed Round · February 2026

The World's First
Blind Navigation
Operating System

iPhone LiDAR · GPS Navigation · AI Hazard Intelligence · Environmental Memory. Independence is not a feature. It is the entire point.

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2.2B
People with vision impairment
$12.95B
Market size by 2030
16.3%
CAGR — AI Visual Assistance
The Problem

Blind Navigation Is Still Unsolved

43 million people are completely blind. No product — at any price — gives them independent navigation.

Hazard Detection Only

OrCam, Biped detect obstacles but have NO GPS. Users can't navigate to a destination.

GPS Apps Only

Seeing Eye GPS gives turn-by-turn but detects ZERO hazards. Blind users risk injury on every step.

Reactive AI Apps

Be My Eyes, Seeing AI — button-triggered, no LiDAR, no continuous awareness. Not navigation.

Human Assistance

Aira charges ~$1/min for a human agent. Expensive, dependent, unavailable offline.

The gap is total. No existing product combines continuous spatial awareness with GPS navigation. EyeC is the first to do both — simultaneously, on-device, offline-capable.
The Solution

One Unified System. Not an App — an OS.

LiDAR Spatial Mapping

Continuous passive 5m depth scanning — works in complete darkness, zero user input required.

Hazard Priority Engine

AI weights urgency, proximity & trajectory — decides what to say, when, and how urgently. Silence is a feature.

Integrated GPS Navigation

Voice destination search + turn-by-turn + transit — fully unified with the hazard engine.

Environmental Memory

Session mapping + change detection + familiar route learning. Knowledge compounds over time.

On-Device Operation

Core features fully offline. No cloud dependency. Works in subways, rural areas, internationally.

8 Patent Claims Filed

Safety Gaps No Product Has Ever Solved

Claims 6–8 specifically close safety gaps that have injured blind pedestrians — including reflective surface artifacts, transparent surface hazard detection, and adaptive no-light navigation mode.

"Prior art search confirms zero existing patents cover these combinations."
Runs on iPhone 12 Pro+ · 60%+ of blind users already own it
Market Opportunity

A $12.95B Market With No Clear Winner

The hardware is finally ready. The AI is finally fast enough. Two well-funded teams tried between 2019–2022 and failed.

2.2B
People with Vision Impairment
43M
Completely Blind
60%+
Already Use Assistive Tech
$6.33B
Market Size 2024
$12.95B
Market Size 2030
1

iPhone 16 Pro A18 chip closes every AI processing gap that killed prior attempts

2

CoreML maturity — on-device models fast enough for real-time hazard classification

3

ARKit & LiDAR improvements since 2023 — 5m depth, works in complete darkness

4

60%+ of blind users already own the required hardware — zero device friction to adoption

Business Model

Three Revenue Streams. All High-Margin.

92% gross margin. 22.5x LTV:CAC ratio. Payback in under 2 months.

Consumer Subscription

$699
per year (or $79.99/mo)
  • 14-day full-featured trial
  • Family plan: $899/yr for 2 users
  • App Store (15% small business rate)
  • 22.5x LTV:CAC ratio

Institutional Sales

$25K–$150K
per year, per account
  • VA hospitals, schools for the blind
  • State vocational rehab agencies
  • Replaces Aira at fraction of cost
  • 90-day free pilot → contract

Insurance Reimbursement

$250
per month · Year 2 activation
  • Medicaid, NHS, NDIS, VA Benefits
  • FDA Breakthrough Device pathway
  • Insurer pays — zero cost to user
  • Unlocks 90%+ of addressable market
Financial Projections

$26M ARR at 0.1% Market Penetration

Conservative projections requiring capture of just 0.1% of 43M US blind/VI users by Year 3.

Year 1
$1.8M
2,500 users
Consumer$1.4M
Institutional$375K
Year 2
$10.4M
15,000 users
Consumer$8.4M
Institutional$1.5M
Insurance$500K
Year 3
$26M
43,000 users
Consumer$19.6M
Institutional$4.1M
Insurance$2.5M
$699
Consumer ARPU / yr
92%
Gross Margin
$85
CAC
$1,912
LTV
< 2mo
Payback Period
22.5x
LTV:CAC Ratio
The Ask

Seed Round: $350K–$500K SAFE

Instrument SAFE Note (Y Combinator standard)
Raise Target $350,000 – $500,000
Pre-Money Cap $6,000,000
Discount Rate 20%
Grant Funding NIDILRR, NEI, Apple (non-dilutive, parallel)
Seed Milestone MVP + 20-user beta + 2 institutional pilots → Series A
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Use of Funds

Phase 1 Development — Laan Labs $120K–$180K
Founder Salary — Year 1 $70K
Beta Program (20 blind users) $10K–$20K
Patent Filing (3 claims) $5K–$8K
Legal & Corporate Formation $8K–$15K
AT Certification & Operating $15K–$25K
EyeC · February 2026 · Confidential
"Two well-funded teams tried to solve this between 2019 and 2022. The hardware wasn't ready. The AI wasn't fast enough. Both failed. The iPhone 16 Pro, CoreML, and ARKit have closed every gap they identified. EyeC is the product they were trying to build." — EyeC Pitch Deck, February 2026

Independence is not a feature. It is the entire point.