AiFi

What AiFi does

AiFi is a spatial AI platform company founded in 2016 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, operating with a fully remote workforce of 100+ employees across 22 nationalities and 16 countries. The company provides a camera-first computer vision platform that constructs real-time 3D digital twins of physical retail and venue spaces, enabling autonomous checkout, shopper analytics, and operational intelligence without requiring shelf sensors or RFID infrastructure. Its technology processes 90+ petabytes of data annually and tracks more than 60 million human interactions per month, with claimed >99% accuracy in object recognition and behavioral tracking.

AiFi serves enterprise customers across multiple verticals: grocery (ALDI, Carrefour, Żabka), convenience (7-Eleven), sports and entertainment venues (Intuit Dome, Allegiant Stadium, Co-op Live), and hospitals (Lori's Gifts). As of 2026, the platform is deployed across 300+ autonomous stores and 20+ stadiums, including 7 NFL venues. The company has raised more than $115M in total funding, including a $65M Series B in March 2022, and was ranked on the Inc. 5000 in 2024 with reported 1,208% three-year revenue growth.

The business model is enterprise SaaS / platform licensing combined with hardware integration, monetized through deployments with large retailers and venue operators. Strategic partnerships with Microsoft (Azure), HP, and Qualcomm provide distribution leverage into cloud and hardware channels, and the company has expanded its product surface with the 'eddie' platform to enable partner and developer access to its spatial AI capabilities. The September 2025 CEO transition from Steve Carlin to co-founder JD Falcão reflects a founder-driven scaling phase as AiFi pushes into new verticals (healthcare, QSR) and geographies (EMEA, UAE, Italy).

Name

AiFi

Legal name

AiFi Inc.

Website

https://aifi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AiFi is a spatial AI platform that enables autonomous retail checkout and analytics via camera-based 3D digital twins. It serves enterprise customers across grocery, convenience, sports venues, and healthcare, with 300+ store deployments and 90+ petabytes of data processed annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Computer Vision Spatial Intelligence Software

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAEANAF

AI Observability, Monitoring & Evaluation Platforms (Drift, Quality, Safety)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Enterprise

SECONDARYHDAEANAI

AI Integration & Orchestration Platforms (Connectors, Workflow, iPaaS for AI)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Enterprise

SECONDARYHDAAAKAL

Audit, Explainability & Accountability Tooling (traceability, reporting)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning/AI Security, Privacy & Model Governance

SECONDARYHDAAAKAJ

Identity, Access & Secrets Management for AI Systems (IAM for agents/models)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning/AI Security, Privacy & Model Governance

Keywords

• Spatial intelligence platform
• Computer vision retail
• Autonomous checkout solutions
• Frictionless store technology
• AI camera analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Enterprise platform licensing (B2B SaaS): AiFi sells its spatial intelligence platform to enterprise customers (retailers, stadium operators, airports, QSR chains, healthcare) via direct sales and channel partners. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Customer roster includes Intuit Dome, ALDI, Żabka, 7-Eleven, Co-op Live, Allegiant Stadium, Acrisure Arena, Lori's Gifts, Atlanta and Frankfurt airports, etc.
2. Hardware / camera infrastructure enablement: Platform can leverage existing ceiling-mounted security cameras and, where needed, recommend additional off-the-shelf cameras — implying a hardware-attached component to deployments.
3. Cloud infrastructure consumption (Azure): Built on Microsoft Azure, AiFi leverages hyperscaler scale to deliver enterprise-grade AI; revenues flow through Azure-based deployment partnerships and consumption.
4. Professional services / integration & deployment: Works with integrators (Embross, OVG, Lori's Gifts) and provides deployment, calibration and integration services alongside the platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AiFi provides a camera-first spatial AI platform that builds a real-time 3D digital twin of physical spaces, using computer vision and keypoint tracking on existing ceiling-mounted security cameras. The platform enables frictionless, checkout-free retail and operational intelligence for enterprises such as retailers, stadium operators, airports, QSR chains and hospitals, while integrating model-agnostically with tools like Microsoft Copilot.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• eddie: AiFi's spatial intelligence platform product. A model-agnostic system that generates behavioral context from existing camera infrastructure and delivers it as structured data that any orchestration layer (e.g., Microsoft Copilot) can consume, enabling real-time, queryable spatial intelligence.

Products and services

• eddie — AiFi Spatial Intelligence Platform
• Contactless Corridor (AiFi + Paravision + Embross)
• Co-op Live Fully Frictionless Market and Self-Serve Bar
• AiFi Checkout-Free Stores at Inter Miami's Nu Stadium
• AI-Powered Autonomous Checkout for Hospitals (with Lori's Gifts)
• 7-Eleven AiFi-Powered Frictionless Checkout Pilot

Quantifiable outcome

• 25–40% reductions in shrink across retail clients
• +12 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship strategic partner; built on microsoft azure; longtime microsoft for startups pegasus participant and global isv partner., core technology partner (silicon, hardware)., core technology partner (silicon, edge ai)., flagship biometric/spatial identity partner., strategic systems integrator for travel hubs., flagship venue integration partner., flagship venue operating partner., flagship vertical (healthcare) deployment partner., flagship experience partner., flagship european venue deployment. and middle east deployment partner..

• Microsoftflagship strategic partner; built on microsoft azure; longtime microsoft for startups pegasus participant and global isv partner.Technology or Integration · 17 June 2025Collaboration to deliver the next generation of real-world AI built on Microsoft Azure. Unleashes AiFi's spatial intelligence engine, trained on 90+ PB of data annually, and connects spatial intelligence to Microsoft Copilot and enterprise agentic AI stacks. Includes a Microsoft customer story documenting the integration of AiFi's eddie platform with Copilot, POS, surveys, online orders and loyalty.
• HPcore technology partner (silicon, hardware).Technology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership supporting AiFi's platform alongside Microsoft and Qualcomm. HP Tech Ventures is also listed as an investor.
• Qualcommcore technology partner (silicon, edge ai).Technology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership supporting AiFi's spatial intelligence platform. Qualcomm Ventures is also listed as an investor.
• Paravisionflagship biometric/spatial identity partner.Strategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the "Contactless Corridor" combining Paravision facial recognition with AiFi's continuous spatial tracking — deployed at Orlando International Airport pilot and across travel hubs. AiFi leverages Paravision technology to deliver real-time, precise detection while maintaining strict privacy standards.
• Embrossstrategic systems integrator for travel hubs.Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSystems integrator that embeds AiFi's spatial intelligence into broader airport ecosystems. Together they developed a biometric exit compliance solution to improve boarding efficiency, with additional travel-hub use cases under active exploration. Co-deployed at the Orlando International Airport contactless corridor pilot.
• Boxbar Techflagship venue integration partner.Technology or IntegrationCo-integration partner at Co-op Live arena (Manchester, UK), Europe's first fully frictionless autonomous market with self-serve draught bar. AiFi's spatial intelligence platform is combined with Boxbar Tech's automated self-serve beverage technology so the system automatically recognizes draught pours.
• Oak View Group (OVG)flagship venue operating partner.Strategic or Co-development PartnerOVG partnered with Co-op Live, AiFi and Boxbar Tech to launch Europe's first fully frictionless, autonomous market with integrated self-serve bar in Manchester, UK. OVG's SVP of Hospitality Strategy Michalis Fragkiadakis publicly endorsed the integration.
• Lori's Giftsflagship vertical (healthcare) deployment partner.Channel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership to launch checkout-free hospital gift shops across the US. Lori's Gifts (250+ hospital locations) integrates AiFi's platform with its existing systems including real-time ERP syncing of sales data for inventory and accounting, plus in-store iPads for digital receipts.
• Misapplied Sciencesflagship experience partner.Technology or IntegrationPartnership at Intuit Dome (Los Angeles) where Misapplied Sciences' Parallel Reality display and AiFi's 3D tracking together enable a single shared display to present personalized messages to dozens of individuals simultaneously.
• Co-op Live arena (UK)flagship european venue deployment.OthersUK's largest live entertainment arena, launched Europe's first fully frictionless, autonomous market with self-serve draught bar, in partnership with OVG, AiFi and Boxbar Tech. Four entry gates, frictionless checkout, hot food and draught beverages (lager, IPA, cider, Guinness).
• AstraTechmiddle east deployment partner.Channel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAstraTech tapped AiFi's AI tech to open its first autonomous B-store at Abu Dhabi's Sky Tower (June 2023).

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Trigo: Trigo builds a similar computer-vision-based frictionless checkout platform for grocery and convenience retailers, using ceiling-mounted cameras to enable checkout-free shopping — directly competing with AiFi on technology, customers (e.g., Tesco, Shufersal) and use case.
• Standard Cognition: Standard Cognition is a direct competitor offering AI-powered autonomous checkout using camera-only tracking, targeting grocery and retail with comparable value propositions to AiFi's eddie platform.
• Zippin: Zippin provides frictionless checkout technology for convenience stores, stadiums and other retailers using AI-powered sensors and cameras — overlapping directly with AiFi's autonomous store deployments.
• Sensei: Sensei develops autonomous store technology using computer vision and sensor fusion, with deployments across European grocery and convenience — directly comparable to AiFi's checkout-free retail offering.
• Grabango: Grabango sells a checkout-free technology platform for existing retail stores using computer vision, targeting the same grocery and convenience verticals as AiFi.

Broad incumbents

• Amazon (Just Walk Out): Amazon's Just Walk Out technology powers checkout-free stores at Amazon Go, Whole Foods, third-party stadiums and airports. As a deep-pocketed incumbent with significantly more deployments, it is a key strategic competitor to AiFi even where AiFi's camera-only architecture differs.
• Capgemini Engineering (autonomous retail): Capgemini delivers large-scale digital engineering services including computer vision and IoT for retail, and has partnered with autonomous-store players — overlapping AiFi's enterprise GTM motion as a broader systems integrator.
• Verkada: Verkada is a large enterprise physical-security vendor whose AI-driven video analytics on ceiling-mounted security cameras compete for similar budgets and use cases as AiFi's camera-first spatial intelligence, even though Verkada's primary value proposition is security rather than commerce.
• Honeywell (Productivity Solutions): Honeywell's retail and warehouse solutions — including computer-vision-based loss prevention, shelf analytics and worker safety — overlap with AiFi's QSR, venue and warehouse use cases as part of a broader enterprise portfolio.

Emerging players

• Shopic: Shopic provides an AI-powered smart-cart clip-on device for grocery retailers, offering partial overlap with AiFi's checkout-free value proposition but focused on cart-level rather than store-wide spatial intelligence.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aifiinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aifi-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors29 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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