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Level Access and the work after the audit
Finding an accessibility problem is the easy part. Level Access built a business around what happens next: getting people, software, and everyday work to change.
accessiBe and the price of a shortcut
A small accessibility button became a $58 million business story. Now accessiBe is selling a broader answer to a stubborn problem: software can help open the web, but somebody still has to check the door.
Deque and the trouble with looking finished
A website can look immaculate and still shut people out. Deque built a business around finding the barriers - and making their repair part of everyday software development.
Remarkable Built an Accelerator Around the People Tech Usually Meets Last
A rough solar-powered wheelchair revealed a polished idea: disability-led inventions need more than applause. Remarkable built the training, capital and human feedback loop to help them become businesses.
Be My Eyes
A free app built around a tiny human favor has become a global accessibility network - and a practical blueprint for building AI with the people it is meant to serve.
Haptic
Haptic (formerly WearWorks) is a New York-based company building navigation and communication that runs entirely on the sense of touch - no screen, no audio. Its patented HapticNav system creates a 'virtual corridor' of vibrations that keeps a person on course, first proven when a blind runner completed the NYC Marathon without sighted assistance. The company packages this into the Wayband wearable, a HapticNav app, and an SDK so developers can add tactile guidance to maps, rideshare, healthcare, and defense applications.