Tim Balz

Yep. For me now, it's literally a little over 15 years now.

I have great parents that always taught me empathy and that you shouldn't wait for someone to ask for help. If you see a problem and you're able to solve it, then that's what you should do.

I have great parents that always taught me empathy and that you shouldn't wait for someone to ask for help. If you see a problem and you're able to solve it, then that's what you should do.

I have great parents that always taught me empathy and that you shouldn't wait for someone to ask for help. If you see a problem and you're able to solve it, then that's what you should do.

Yes, that's really interesting. For me, one, I never had the – I wasn't smart enough to build the nonprofit in a way – people kept coming to me in need, and I just kept refurbishing wheelchairs. It wasn't some grand vision or plan. But as I would work on these wheelchairs, I would see that this technology was so far behind what consumers – without disabilities were seeing in their everyday life.

Yes, that's really interesting. For me, one, I never had the – I wasn't smart enough to build the nonprofit in a way – people kept coming to me in need, and I just kept refurbishing wheelchairs. It wasn't some grand vision or plan. But as I would work on these wheelchairs, I would see that this technology was so far behind what consumers – without disabilities were seeing in their everyday life.

Yes, that's really interesting. For me, one, I never had the – I wasn't smart enough to build the nonprofit in a way – people kept coming to me in need, and I just kept refurbishing wheelchairs. It wasn't some grand vision or plan. But as I would work on these wheelchairs, I would see that this technology was so far behind what consumers – without disabilities were seeing in their everyday life.

And so I was like, hey, you know, it's my life's goal to try to bring technology up to speed in this space. So I actually built one of the world's first smart wheelchairs and even gotten to do some work with that where Stephen Hawking endorsed it. And then from there, I was like, great, you know, I've helped them increase the technology.

And so I was like, hey, you know, it's my life's goal to try to bring technology up to speed in this space. So I actually built one of the world's first smart wheelchairs and even gotten to do some work with that where Stephen Hawking endorsed it. And then from there, I was like, great, you know, I've helped them increase the technology.

And so I was like, hey, you know, it's my life's goal to try to bring technology up to speed in this space. So I actually built one of the world's first smart wheelchairs and even gotten to do some work with that where Stephen Hawking endorsed it. And then from there, I was like, great, you know, I've helped them increase the technology.

And then I went to SpaceX so I could learn how do you disrupt really hard to disrupt industry so I could create my own company in the space to try to solve more problems. And that's when we realized, you know, seeding for people with disabilities is something where there is a huge issue that if we didn't solve it, we didn't know that it ever would get solved.

And then I went to SpaceX so I could learn how do you disrupt really hard to disrupt industry so I could create my own company in the space to try to solve more problems. And that's when we realized, you know, seeding for people with disabilities is something where there is a huge issue that if we didn't solve it, we didn't know that it ever would get solved.

And then I went to SpaceX so I could learn how do you disrupt really hard to disrupt industry so I could create my own company in the space to try to solve more problems. And that's when we realized, you know, seeding for people with disabilities is something where there is a huge issue that if we didn't solve it, we didn't know that it ever would get solved.

Yeah. So all of our, all of our smart cushion products, uh, like do use AI. What we really start with is what is the problem we can solve and what are the best tools in the world to solve it? And, you know, there's this great new, newer tool and, uh, it's kind of been infused, uh, in the product and, and, uh, in some of our core algorithms even, uh, for how the product responds to your body.

Yeah. So all of our, all of our smart cushion products, uh, like do use AI. What we really start with is what is the problem we can solve and what are the best tools in the world to solve it? And, you know, there's this great new, newer tool and, uh, it's kind of been infused, uh, in the product and, and, uh, in some of our core algorithms even, uh, for how the product responds to your body.

Yeah. So all of our, all of our smart cushion products, uh, like do use AI. What we really start with is what is the problem we can solve and what are the best tools in the world to solve it? And, you know, there's this great new, newer tool and, uh, it's kind of been infused, uh, in the product and, and, uh, in some of our core algorithms even, uh, for how the product responds to your body.

So everyone is used to sitting on these seats that are designed to fit everyone. That's not possible. Someone who weighs 80 pounds is female versus someone who weighs 400 pounds is male. The right cushion support for them is never going to be the same. But we've got to create seating that can accommodate all these different shapes and sizes.

So everyone is used to sitting on these seats that are designed to fit everyone. That's not possible. Someone who weighs 80 pounds is female versus someone who weighs 400 pounds is male. The right cushion support for them is never going to be the same. But we've got to create seating that can accommodate all these different shapes and sizes.

So everyone is used to sitting on these seats that are designed to fit everyone. That's not possible. Someone who weighs 80 pounds is female versus someone who weighs 400 pounds is male. The right cushion support for them is never going to be the same. But we've got to create seating that can accommodate all these different shapes and sizes.

And so when you sit down on our seat and you suddenly start feeling it shift and move and you feel it like, that like, wow, this cushion just suddenly fit itself to me. I don't have to fit myself to a seat. And most people have never experienced that in their life. And so whenever they feel the cushion doing that and adapting to their body, that's your holy smokes wow moment.