The people behind IKKIO

What happens when pioneers and builders come together to reimagine accessibility?

We're a small, mission-driven team of engineers, product thinkers, and accessibility specialists united by a conviction the world's best technology should work for everyone.

Iara Dias

CEO | Founder

Leader with 20+ years professional experience. Ex-Decentraland, produced global metaverse events. Visionary in spatial computing.

Amir is standing in a modern room wearing smart glasses and controlling it with hand gestures.

Amir KC

CTO | Co-founder

Ex-Ericsson/Aeris. IoT & AI stack expert. Brings deep expertise in secure system design and device integration—critical for wearable AI.

Aleksei is standing in a futuristic room wearing smart glasses and doing controlling it with hand gestures

Aleksei Sytnikov

CPO | Co-founder

Ex-founder (SaaS). PhD in Informatics. Bridges technical depth with product insight to accelerate IKKIO’s growth.

Azra is wearing smart glasses with dark lenses sitting with a smile on her face

Azra Tayyebi

Accessibility Director | Founding team

Software engineer & accessibility specialist. Blind since childhood. Goalball athlete, ensures IKKIO is built with and for the community.

Our values

The principles that guide every product decision, every line of code, every conversation.

Built with the community

There's no product without people and to best serve the people our product is designed for, we are building with them, not for them.

Privacy by default

IKKIO processes everything with privacy-first architecture. No selling, no profiling, no surveillance disguised as assistance.

Speed is crucial

A tool that responds slowly isn't a tool for people who need real-time guidance. We obsess over latency because for our users, half a second can matter.

EARLY ACCESS

Try IKKIO before everyone else

Beta launching in Europe and the US in 2026. The first 1,000 people to download get a chance to win a pair of smart glasses.