About HapWare
Empowering Communication Through Innovation
At HapWare, we’re a small but passionate team united by a mission to make the world more accessible through e technology. With diverse backgrounds in design, engineering, and business combined with unique lived experiences, we build tools that truly serve the blind, low vision, deaf-blind and neurodiverse communities.
Our Mission
HapWare’s mission is to empower lives by providing individuals who are blind, low vision, deaf-blind and neurodiverse, and many more with access to nonverbal communication cues. Through our assistive technology, we enable users to navigate social, professional, and educational environments with greater confidence, independence, and autonomy.
Our Vision
We envision a world where every person—regardless of ability—can participate fully, confidently, and equally in all aspects of life. We believe in a future where communication is everyones greatest super power.
Our Story
ALEYE began as a senior design project powered by a government grant and a simple idea: help people access nonverbal communication through haptics. The first prototype recognized just three emotions—happy, angry, and neutral—but it was enough to prove the concept. Driven by user feedback, ALEYE evolved fast. We improved comfort, expanded recognition to gestures and body language, and enhanced the AI for real-time interpretation. Our approach is rooted in “Nothing about us without us.” Our CTO, Dr. Bryan Duarte, is blind and brings vital lived experience to every design decision. Now in scaled beta testing, ALEYE is showing real impact across classrooms, workplaces, and daily life. We’re building toward launch—with a mission to make connection, confidence, and autonomy accessible to all.
Meet the Team
Jack Walters
CEO and Co-Founder
Dr. Bryan Duarte
CTO & Co-Founder
Gabby Pangelinan
Chief Science Officer
Jaron O’Grady
Embedded Systems Engineer
Manuel Pangelinan
Design Engineer
Chaya O’Grady
VP of Marketing & Sales
