What Actuate does

Actuate (legal entity Aegis Systems, Inc.) is a New York-based AI software company founded in 2018 that sells a cloud-based video analytics platform designed to retrofit existing surveillance camera infrastructure rather than replace it. Its core product runs multiple proprietary computer vision models in parallel against each video frame, routing frames to the most appropriate model based on scenario, camera type, and image content, and using an image-slicing technique to detect events at long distances. Detection capabilities include gun detection (claimed 99% accuracy), intruder, fire, crowd, loitering, line-crossing, and slip-and-fall detection, plus camera health monitoring; a sequential multi-layer "Swiss-cheese" pipeline is used to minimize missed threats, supported by a $10,000 reimbursement policy.

The platform is sold on a monthly subscription basis with base and specialty add-on tiers, priced via quote for enterprise customers. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales with channel partnerships through security integrators, VMS platforms (Milestone Systems, Avigilon, Hanwha Vision), and central monitoring stations; the company cites over 1,000 customers. Primary buyers are central monitoring stations, alarm receiving centers, GSOCs, and managed service providers in the security industry, with secondary expansion into construction sites, schools, healthcare, industrial facilities, and public spaces. In 2025, Actuate launched Act Hub, an agentic AI product for real-time building management, extending the company's technology into autonomous facilities operations. Total disclosed funding is approximately $25M across multiple rounds from 2018 through 2024, led by Tribeca Venture Partners (Series A) and Gray Line Partners (2024 round), with additional capital from a Colorado OEDIT grant in 2025.

Name

Actuate

Legal name

Aegis Systems, Inc.

Website

https://actuate.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Actuate is a New York-based AI software company whose cloud video analytics platform retrofits existing security cameras to detect intruders, weapons, fire, and other threats with claimed 95%+ false-alarm reduction, sold primarily to central monitoring stations, alarm receiving centers, and security integrators on a subscription basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Video Analytics Software

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Video Analytics & AI Security Solutions Integration (LPR, Facial, Behavior) (BPAKAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI/Analytics Video Surveillance (Detection, LPR, People Counting) (HSAHACAF), Video Alarm Verification & Remote Video Monitoring (VSaaS Monitoring) (BPAKAFAE), AI Observability, Monitoring & Evaluation Platforms (Drift, Quality, Safety) (HDAEANAF)

Keywords

• AI video analytics
• Computer vision security
• False alarm reduction
• Remote video monitoring
• AI surveillance software

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AI Video Analytics Software Subscription: Cloud-based subscription model for AI video analytics software. Customers pay subscription fees to access the platform's detection capabilities including gun detection, intruder detection, fire detection, and camera health monitoring. Base subscriptions and specialty subscriptions available.
2. Specialty Add-on Subscriptions: Additional paid features and capabilities beyond base subscriptions, including specialty analytics and premium features.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Actuate provides a cloud-based AI video analytics platform that integrates with existing security camera infrastructure to detect intruders, weapons, fire, and other threats in real time. The platform uses proprietary multi-model AI trained on over 1.5 million security-scenario images, claiming to reduce false positive alarms by 95%+ while maintaining near-zero missed detections. Customers include central monitoring stations, alarm receiving centers, security integrators, and managed service providers.

Product overview

Actuate is an AI-powered video analytics platform that transforms existing security cameras into smart monitoring systems. The portfolio consists of a core cloud-based AI analytics platform, supplemented by add-on specialty subscriptions (Gun Detection, Crowd Detection, Fire Detection, Loitering Detection, Line Crossing Detection), infrastructure tools (Actuate Secure for encrypted connectivity, Actuate RTSP for direct camera streaming, Camera Health Monitoring), and a facilities management product (Act Hub, which uses agentic AI for real-time building management). The platform integrates with existing VMS/NVR systems and supports both professional monitoring center customers and self-monitoring end users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Act Hub: A flagship product that uses agentic AI for real-time building management.

Products and services

• Actuate AI Analytics Platform Cloud-based AI video analytics platform that processes live video streams from existing security cameras to detect intruders, weapons, fire, and other threats in real time. Sold primarily to central monitoring stations, alarm receiving centers, GSOCs, security integrators, and managed service providers to reduce false positive alarms and improve threat response.
• Gun Detection Specialty AI subscription that identifies visible firearms in video feeds and sends immediate alerts to security personnel, enabling faster emergency response.
• Crowd Detection Specialty AI subscription that uses computer vision and deep learning to monitor and analyze video footage of public spaces for critical crowd formations.
• Fire Detection Specialty AI subscription that identifies smoke and fire signatures in video feeds earlier than traditional sensors, enabling faster emergency response.
• Loitering Detection Specialty AI subscription that detects individuals lingering in designated areas over time, deterring unwanted behavior and alerting security personnel to potential threats.
• Line Crossing Detection Specialty AI subscription that alerts security teams when a person or object crosses a predefined virtual line, helping focus on real threats over routine movement.
• Camera Health Monitoring Add-on subscription that continuously checks camera health in real time and alerts users to blurriness, tilting, obstructions, or offline status to maintain surveillance system integrity.
• Actuate Secure Encrypted connectivity solution that allows customers to connect cameras and security systems to Actuate without exposing devices to the public internet or managing complex VPN infrastructure.
• Actuate RTSP Primary connection method that streams video from any IP camera or NVR directly to Actuate's cloud via RTSP protocol, requiring no new hardware or proprietary systems.
• Act Hub Agentic AI-powered platform for real-time building management that uses autonomous AI agents to perform multi-step monitoring and response actions with limited human intervention for facilities operations.
• Professional Monitoring Solution offering for central monitoring stations, alarm receiving centers, and GSOCs/NOCs that enhances efficiency with real-time AI alerts, false alarm reduction, and improved situational awareness.
• Remote Guarding Solution offering that transforms traditional security camera systems into active smart cameras that automatically alert security teams of threats in real time using AI analytics.
• Facilities Management Solution offering that provides real-time intelligence on potential threats including unauthorized access and fire detection for building and facilities management teams.
• False Alarm Reduction Solution offering specifically designed to minimize false positive alarms through context-aware AI event processing, enabling security staff to focus on real threats.
• Self-Monitoring Solution offering for end users who prefer to manage their own security without engaging a professional monitoring service, providing direct access to Actuate's AI alerts and analytics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces false alarms by 95%+
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability7 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Milestone SystemscoreTechnology or Integration · 13 January 2026Integration partnership with Milestone Systems' XProtect video management software. Genesis Security implemented this integrated solution combining Actuate AI analytics with Milestone VMS, reducing false alarms by 62%.
• WSD permanent security GmbHstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2026Strategic partnership with German security services provider WSD permanent security GmbH. WSD has decades of experience in guarding, remote monitoring, alarm response, and integrated security solutions.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure provider for Actuate's AI engine. AWS provides trusted global cybersecurity processes and infrastructure.
• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure provider for Actuate's AI engine. Azure complements AWS for hosting Actuate's AI processing capabilities.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• BriefCam: BriefCam is one of the most established video analytics platforms for security operations, offering AI-powered search, real-time alerts, and operational analytics. It is the closest direct competitor to Actuate in serving monitoring stations and enterprise security teams, and is currently distributed through Canon/Milestone ecosystems — overlapping with Actuate's VMS channel.
• Ambient.ai: Ambient.ai provides AI-powered physical security analytics that interpret video to detect threats and reduce false alarms, with similar computer-vision-driven threat detection (weapons, intruders, loitering) targeting enterprise and GSOC customers — overlapping directly with Actuate's core product.
• Eagle Eye Networks: Eagle Eye Networks is a cloud-based video management system with AI-powered analytics for security and business operations. It serves similar reseller/integrator and enterprise customers and competes for the same AI-video-analytics-on-existing-camera-infrastructure positioning as Actuate.
• IronYun: IronYun (now part of IDIS) is an AI video analytics platform that competes in the same category as Actuate, offering intrusion, weapon, and behavioral detection on existing camera infrastructure for monitoring centers and enterprise security teams.
• Evolon Technology: Evolon Technology provides AI-driven video surveillance analytics for perimeter security and monitoring centers, with threat detection and false-alarm reduction capabilities that directly overlap with Actuate's core use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Verkada: Verkada is a cloud-native physical security platform combining cameras, access control, and AI-based analytics. While it sells bundled hardware-software solutions (unlike Actuate's hardware-agnostic software), its AI video analytics compete for the same enterprise security budgets and monitoring customers.
• Avigilon (Motorola Solutions): Avigilon, a Motorola Solutions company, is a major VMS and camera manufacturer with bundled AI analytics including appearance search, unusual motion detection, and weapon detection. As one of Actuate's VMS competitors, it can deliver similar analytics natively to its large installed base.
• Genetec: Genetec is a leading VMS and unified security platform with built-in analytics and a deep ecosystem of integration partners. It competes with Actuate by offering native AI analytics and serves many of the same enterprise and monitoring-center customers.

Emerging players

• Vintra: Vintra delivers AI video analytics for real-time threat detection, including weapon and intrusion detection, for enterprise security teams. It is an emerging competitor with overlapping functionality but a narrower enterprise footprint than Actuate.
• PureTech Systems: PureTech Systems provides AI-based video analytics for perimeter and wide-area surveillance, with a focus on long-range detection. It targets adjacent applications (car dealerships, campuses, critical infrastructure) that overlap with Actuate's intrusion and perimeter use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/actuateai
• Facebookfacebook.com/actuateai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aegissystemsai

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors13 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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