Meet Wyrde AI, building wearable AI assistants for field workers
Wearable AI that understands a field worker's world and provides help when needed
João Dias-Ferreira, co-founder and CEO.
The problem
A field technician repairing equipment often has both hands busy.
Today's AI assistants still rely on digital content and depend on someone telling them what they need, with limited awareness of the situation unfolding around them, what the person is seeing, the task at hand, or whether they are focused, overloaded or tired.
What Wyrde AI does
Wyrde AI develops always-on wearable AI assistants that extend human capabilities, starting with field workers. Combining brain-computer interfaces, sight, sound, movement and job information, its multimodal AI understands the person and their situation, anticipates support needs and turns intent into action.
It starts with AI glasses that understand the surroundings, bring up hands-free guidance and connect with equipment and digital tools.
On the job
From arrival on site to leaving the job, Wyrde AI can support the full workflow: from providing the right knowledge at the right time to helping document the work, prepare service reports and turn the job into an invoice with minimal administration.
Each type of data is off by default, and the wearer decides what the system can use and store.
How it started
So the question became: how can we seamlessly leverage AI, not to replace us, but to enhance our capabilities, so we can go beyond our cognitive and physical ceilings?
João Dias-Ferreira, co-founder and CEO
Why this team
Co-founder and CEO João Dias-Ferreira brings more than 8 years of research in cyber-physical multi-agent systems and AI. He has worked as Head of AI Platforms and Strategy at Scania, leading teams of more than 50 people.
Together, the founding team brings deep expertise across AI, mathematics and brain-computer interfaces, and has worked together for years, rolling out products at scale, including for Fortune 100 companies. Wyrde AI was recognised among the Top 100 Innovations Shaping the Future at ARCTIC15 2026.
Why Sting
Both founders come from the corporate world, and DeepTech brings challenges they haven't faced before.
“The experience and knowledge that Sting brings to the table is definitely invaluable,” says João. At Sting, the team is learning across go-to-market, IP, soft funding and fundraising, with funding as a top priority.
Wyrde AI is one of 21 startups in Sting Core Fall 2026. Meet the rest of the cohort in Meet the 21 startups joining Sting this autumn.
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