# Empathy Labs

> AI-native creative agency and business consultancy in Los Angeles. Empathy Labs helps businesses launch AI products, build distinctive websites, and turn complex ideas into interactive experiences.

Human instinct. Machine possibility. Strategy, design, and development, from defining the right problem to launching a working product.

- Work with us: [consulting packages and checkout](https://empathylabs.ai/consulting) · [pricing](https://empathylabs.ai/pricing.md)
- Contact: mat@empathylabs.ai
- Guide for agents: [llms.txt](https://empathylabs.ai/llms.txt)

## What Empathy Labs does

- **Find the direction.** AI strategy, product discovery, and a practical blueprint.
- **Make it tangible.** Working prototypes, websites, and connected product experiences.
- **Make it memorable.** Creative technology, interactive worlds, and custom 3D.

## Selected work

| Project | Type | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Optiek Wauters | Website project | A website for an independent eye boutique that brings eyewear, personal service, and the next appointment into one experience (optiekwauters.be). |
| Promptography | Studio product | Turns your own photos into professional headshots and creative portraits without booking a photoshoot (promptography.pro). |
| UGC ads | Studio service | UGC that stops the scroll. On the homepage a giant phone leans against a concrete wall beside a doorway, and a SNAP button in the wall plays *Picture yourself* from the Promptography campaign: tied to a chair on the sand while a white Porsche drives off with the rope, one gesture, and he is at the wheel in a rally helmet. |
| Vibevana | Personal utility project | A workshop companion for classic-car owners: a detailed 3D 1987 VW Vanagon Syncro paired with digitized Bentley workshop knowledge. |
| Warbirds | Studio product | A browser flight game with researched aircraft, interactive cockpits, and a playable coastal campaign (warbirds.vercel.app). |
| Greenhouse | Interactive prototype | An environment that brings responsive plants, light, and motion to otherwise static digital spaces. |
| Holistica | In development | A voice-first reflection app that turns scattered thoughts into an organized personal knowledge garden (holistica.ai). |
| Frequency | Client work | Brand design, ecommerce, and customer communications connected so the journey from discovery to purchase feels consistent. |
| Justice OS | Studio product | A self-help workspace for people representing themselves: organize evidence, navigate case information, and prepare court paperwork from confirmed facts. Self-help tools, not legal advice or representation (justiceos.ai). |

## Founder

Mathieu Wauters founded Empathy Labs. His work spans architecture, immersive technology, and AI products. Belgian roots, Los Angeles home. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathieuwauters/)

- 2022 to now: Empathy Labs and Empathy Factory, Founder / Chief Empathy Officer
- 2021 to 2022: Virti, Account Executive
- 2016 to 2020: AppliedVR, founding commercial hire, then sales leadership
- 2011 to 2016: SOSkeys / KeyMe and Peter Marino Architect
- 2007 to 2010: MSc Architecture, KU Leuven, cum laude

## Empathy Factory

A separate impact initiative that brings technology, storytelling, and practical support to local communities: VR discovery events for children, the Blind Rider documentary (currently on hold), and grant and launch support for local riders' fire-prevention work.