Sidekick started with a mission.
Now it's a movement.
On the first day of college, two students working on accessibility tech met and realized they shared a vision: a world with better, more affordable tools for everyone.
They wanted to build something that could help a blind classmate navigate daily life—and got to work creating a smart assistant like none other.
“The Henries,” founders of SIER, presenting their first smart assistant as college freshmen.
The Beginning
Outraged by the cost and stigma around assistive tech, we set out to build something different. We called it SIER—Seeing Is Everyone’s Right.
The Build
Winning almost 100K in innovation competitions for our next gen AI assistant, we knew were onto something and determined to make it a reality.
Hundreds of prototypes and user tests later, we created Sidekick—a lightweight device that clips onto any glasses and turns them into smart glasses.
Roy Payan, Blind Development Partner testing Sidekick.
The Unexpected
Sidekick was built with and for the Blind and Low Vision community—but along the way, something unexpected happened.
Creators, streamers, and everyday explorers began finding their own uses for it. More and more people started asking us for their own Sidekick.
The Movement
That’s when Sidekick became more than a product, and instead became movement to reimagine what accessibility can look like for everyone.
Too often, assistive tech is designed in isolation, reinforcing the very stigma it’s meant to solve. We want to do the opposite.
By building on universal design principles, we created the first adaptable smart assistant that anyone would want to wear—one that helps you stay present, know more, solve problems faster, and capture the world around you.