Jacob Lopez

"Growing up as a CODA, I was the bridge between two worlds - hearing and deaf. I watched my parents struggle in conversations, medical appointments, and social gatherings. Technology should have solved this by now."

"Caption Glass is my answer to a lifetime of watching loved ones miss out on conversations. With my background building interpreting.app for thousands of ASL interpreters, I know we can create something that truly works for the deaf community."

At 16, Jacob built District Menu to help Gallaudet students order food more easily. At 21, he launched Interpreting.app, connecting deaf individuals with qualified interpreters on-demand. But he kept hitting the same wall: there are fewer than 10,000 active ASL interpreters for over 11 million deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans.

That's when he realized a different solution was needed. Caption Glass was born from a simple insight: what if instead of waiting for an interpreter, you could have instant captions for every conversation?