Tom was born with bilateral hearing loss and always found himself struggling to understand conversations. When he enrolled at Stanford in 2016, he vowed to find a solution that truly addressed the problem for himself and the 1.5B people globally who face hearing loss. He's tackled the problem from every angle basic research, social impact, and smart wearables. Captify is the latest iteration in this journey, leveraging the latest advances in augmented reality and Al to develop the first smart glasses purpose-built for captioning. It's a product that Tom has loved integrating into his life, and hopes will help others better communicate across linguistic and hearing barriers.

Jason is an industry veteran in the smart glasses space, having worked on smart glasses for over 12 years. Jason built Vigo, a Bluetooth headset to help drivers stay awake at the wheel to save lives, and Vue, smart glasses to help people live and work more productively.Vigo went on to partner with Nowtech, a maker of controllers for electric wheelchairs for paraplegics, who was later acquired by Sunrise Medical, one of the largest makers of wheelchairs and mobility devices. Jason has experience designing, building and shipping products to hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Jason graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a dual degree in mechanical engineering and marketing from the Wharton School.