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Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming enterprise security operations to prevent security incidents before they happen. The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to deliver continuous physical security monitoring and automate the immediate dispatch of human resources.

Ambient.ai is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2017 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI company transforming enterprise physical security to prevent…. The founders listed are Shikhar Shrestha (Founder/CEO), Vikesh Khanna (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 4, 2016).

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Ambient.ai

New accelerator entry · 2016-11-04 · the record

Winter 2017
batch
150
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2017
Announced2016-11-04
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size150
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Security
SectorsArtificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Security
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://ambient.ai
Previously known asAmbient

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Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming enterprise security operations to prevent security incidents before they happen. The Ambient.ai platform applies AI and computer vision intelligence to existing sensor and camera infrastructure to deliver continuous physical security monitoring and automate the immediate dispatch of human resources. Ambient.ai is the first platform that goes beyond basic motion detection and image recognition to achieve near-human perception with automated situational context. With physical security incidents on the rise and physical security organizations left under-resourced, Ambient.ai’s computer intelligence platform comes at a time of critical need, which is why the company has raised over $50 million from venture capital investors led by a16z. Today, large enterprises, schools and organizations – including many of the largest US tech companies and other Fortune 500 companies – use Ambient.ai to secure property, people, and assets from the most harrowing physical security threats. The company was founded in 2017 by experts in artificial intelligence from Stanford who previously built iconic products at Apple, Google, Microsoft and Dropbox. We are backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angel, Y Combinator, and visionary angels like Jyoti Bansal, Mark Leslie and Elad Gil.

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