Karthik K.

CEO

The Randstad, Netherlands12 yrs 2 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Co-founded a successful AI startup for the visually impaired.
Scaled AI products to over 800K users globally.
Led technology implementation across diverse platforms.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI-driven accessibility solutions with a strong focus on product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

AiProduct ImplementationComputer Vision

Other Skills

Deep LearningSystems DesignBusiness DevelopmentOCRProduct DevelopmentVoice RecognitionSwiftPythonC++

About

I'm one of the founders of Envision - a tool that helps people with visual impairment to live a more independent life, using AI. At Envision, I'm responsible for technology and product implementation. I'm passionate about computer vision and spend time thinking about ways to bring the cutting edge research in the field into production scale implementation.

Experience

12 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

9 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Envision

Founder & CTO

Feb 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Delft

Co-founded Envision to build AI that helps blind, low-vision, and elderly people understand the visual world around them. What started at a blind school in Chennai became a company reaching 800K+ users across 200 countries in 50 languages.
Over eight years, I built the entire AI and product stack from scratch and shipped it across phones, smart glasses, and the web.
→ Envision AI (2017): Core app for reading text, describing scenes, and recognizing faces. 800K+ installs, 100K active users. Winner of the Google Play Best Accessibility Award.
→ Envision Glasses (2020): First mainstream smart glasses for blind users, built on Google Glass EE2. 4,000+ pairs sold worldwide.
→ Ally (2024): Voice-first AI assistant. 2.5M+ minutes of real-time conversations.
→ Ally Solos (2025): Next-gen AI glasses with Solos. 1,000+ units shipped.
At scale:
· 300M+ documents processed through OCR
· 10M+ face recognition images processed
· Fully GDPR-compliant, privacy-first architecture
· Users include members of the German parliament and Stevie Wonder
Beyond engineering:
· Deep track record of turning frontier AI research into shipping products across computer vision and generative AI
· Owned the link between product roadmap, growth targets, cost planning, and hiring
· Helped raise close to €3M in equity and subsidy funding
· Worked with AI research, product, and marketing teams across Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others
· Built and led a distributed team across 30+ nationalities