What is SmartON and how many people use it?

SmartON, built by Sunbots Innovations, is a pair of AI smart glasses and a companion app for blind and visually-impaired users. It reads printed text aloud, identifies currency notes, describes scenes, and answers questions by voice in 50+ languages. More than 17,000 people use it as of 2026. Details at getsmartonai.com.

What companies has Deep Parmar founded?

Deep Parmar is CTO and co-founder of Sunbots Innovations LLP (the company behind SmartON and Sunbots Marketing) and founder and director of Xwits Developers Pvt Ltd, which ships skibdrip (a personal AI stylist) and the open-source dhiya-npm library.

dhiya-npm is an open-source browser-native AI library for client-side RAG, published on npm (v2.1.x). It runs entirely in the browser using WebGPU/WASM embeddings — no server required. Created by Deep Parmar / Xwits Developers.

How do I contact Deep Parmar for an interview or podcast?

Use the contact form at deepparmar.in/contact, or reach him as @deep56parmar on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), GitHub, and Instagram.

Where can I download a photo of Deep Parmar?

A headshot is available at deepparmar.in/assets/deep-parmar-headshot.jpg. Please use the credit line "Photo: courtesy Deep Parmar".

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FOR PUBLICATION

Canonical bio — three lengths

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One-liner

Deep Parmar is an AI engineer in Ahmedabad, India — CTO & co-founder of Sunbots Innovations, founder of Xwits, and creator of SmartON, AI-powered smart glasses used by 17,000+ blind and visually-impaired users.

50-word bio

Deep Parmar is an AI engineer based in Ahmedabad, India, building AI products since 2019. He is CTO and co-founder of Sunbots Innovations, creator of SmartON — AI smart glasses used by 17,000+ blind and visually-impaired users — and founder of Xwits Developers, which ships skibdrip and the open-source dhiya-npm library.

150-word bio

Deep Parmar is an AI engineer in Ahmedabad, India, who has been building and shipping AI products since 2019. He holds a B.E. in Computer Engineering from Gujarat Technological University.

As CTO and co-founder of Sunbots Innovations LLP, he leads engineering on SmartON — AI-powered smart glasses and a companion app for blind and visually-impaired users. SmartON reads printed text aloud, identifies currency, describes scenes, and answers questions by voice in 50+ languages; its multilingual assistant, MIRA, routes each request across object detection, OCR, document search, and scene understanding. More than 17,000 people use it today.

As founder and director of Xwits Developers Pvt Ltd, he ships skibdrip (a personal AI stylist, formerly Cultuss) and Sunbots Marketing (a brand-aware AI marketing autopilot). He also maintains dhiya-npm, an open-source library for browser-native, client-side RAG.

THE RECORD

Fast facts

17,000+ blind and visually-impaired users on SmartON (as of 2026), voice answers in 50+ languages.
Sunbots Marketing: brand-aware AI that runs a full marketing cycle weekly — profiled by The Business Stories (Aug 2026).
dhiya-npm: open-source browser-native AI / client-side RAG library on npm (v2.1.x) — WebGPU/WASM embeddings, runs fully in the browser with no server.
Building AI products since 2019 — production systems, not demos. See the projects page.
B.E. Computer Engineering, Gujarat Technological University.
Based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

ASSETS

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TALKING POINTS

Story angles

Three threads Deep can speak to from first-hand experience, with published writing to pull from:

Affordable assistive AI, built in India. What it takes to ship smart glasses for blind users at Indian price points — and why voice-first design changes everything. Background: building SmartON and voice-first UX for blind users.
Browser-native, private AI. AI that runs entirely on the user's device — no server, no API keys, no data leaving the browser. Background: no-cost AI on the web and client-side RAG.
India's AI production reality. Running AI products for Indian small businesses — what actually breaks between a working demo and a system people depend on. Background: AI for small business in India and building AI for India.

IN THE PRESS

Coverage

Deep Parmar was profiled by The Business Stories in August 2026 for building Sunbots Marketing's "Marketing Autopilot Loop" — the piece was syndicated by The Entrepreneur Stories, The Hindustan Wires, and DailyHunt. Full detail on the press coverage page.

"Most owners do not need another tool. They need the job done."
— Deep Parmar, in The Business Stories (Aug 2026)

The Business Stories — "From Posting Into the Void to Marketing That Runs Itself: How Deep Parmar Is Fixing Marketing for People Who Never Wanted to Be Marketers" by Puneet Yadav (22 August 2026). Profile of Deep Parmar and Sunbots Marketing's Marketing Autopilot Loop — a five-step weekly cycle that audits visibility, creates content, publishes, captures leads, and reports what actually brought in money.
The Entrepreneur Stories — Syndicated edition of The Business Stories profile.
The Hindustan Wires — Syndicated edition of The Business Stories profile.
DailyHunt — The Business Stories profile syndicated on DailyHunt, India's largest news aggregator.

DIRECT LINE

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For interviews, podcasts, and quotes, the fastest route is the contact page. Deep replies personally.

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