# Le Walk

> Le Walk is a location-based, immersive travel app that turns your phone and headphones into a private walking-tour guide. Using GPS-triggered audio narration, cinematic soundscapes, and world-class local guides, it walks you around a city at your own pace - no group tours, no fixed schedules - across 22+ languages. Built by three former TikTok employees and operating as Routes AI, Inc., the company launched publicly in September 2025 with a $4.1M seed round and is scaling from a handful of European cities toward 25+ destinations.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Aaron Sekhri (Co-founder & CEO), Stephen Boyle (Co-founder & CTO), Anthony Privitelli (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~11 employees
- **Products:** Le Walk App, Lora, Creator & Expert Tours
- **Notable:** Raised $4.1M seed co-led by Adverb Ventures and Lerer Hippeau (Sept 2025), 110,000+ downloads during beta before public launch, 20,000+ tours taken in beta

## Products & services

- **Le Walk App** — A location-based, immersive audio-tour app for iPhone that uses GPS-triggered narration, cinematic soundscapes, and professionally curated local guides to walk you around a city hands-free, at your own pace, in 22+ languages.
- **Lora** — An in-app travel-planning chatbot that helps users plan and personalize their trips and tours.
- **Creator & Expert Tours** — Tours built with in-demand local experts and creators (historians, culinary experts, pop-culture guides), including a themed Emily-in-Paris walk with creator Gabriella Hafner.

## Achievements

- Raised $4.1M seed co-led by Adverb Ventures and Lerer Hippeau (Sept 2025)
- 110,000+ downloads during beta before public launch
- 20,000+ tours taken in beta
- 160,000+ social media followers
- Live in Paris, Versailles, Florence and Rome with tours in 22+ languages

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Publicly launched and announced a $4.1M seed round co-led by Adverb Ventures and Lerer Hippeau, with Origins Fund and Point72 Ventures participating.
- **2025-09** — Expanded from Paris to Versailles, Florence and Rome, with Barcelona and London announced as coming soon.
- **2026-07** — Targeting expansion from five destinations to more than 25 by summer 2026.

## Links

- Website: https://lewalk.app
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/lewalk
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/le__walk/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@le__walk

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Last updated: 2026-08-04