Scylla

What Scylla does

Scylla Technologies Inc. is an AI-powered video analytics company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with engineering operations in Yerevan, Armenia and field offices in Warsaw, Dubai, and Riyadh. The company provides real-time physical threat detection using proprietary deep learning technology, processing over 600 billion video frames daily across 300,000+ connected cameras in 40+ countries. Its core asset is ScyllaNet, a proprietary deep learning framework that ranked #1 globally on the COCO Detection Challenge (Bounding Box) in 9 of 12 evaluation metrics. The technology powers a modular detection suite including gun and knife detection, perimeter intrusion, aggressive behavior, slip-and-fall, suspicious shopping behavior (97.3% accuracy), face recognition (XactID), and vehicle identification, with sub-second response times and 99.95% false-alarm suppression.

The product architecture consists of Scylla Asteria edge appliances for on-premise processing, the Command Center for unified video management, Alarm Hub for alert aggregation, Forensics Pro for natural-language post-incident search powered by the proprietary Event Raptor Vision-Language Model, and the Charon decision-making algorithm. Scylla operates a hybrid edge-cloud architecture supporting air-gapped deployments compliant with FISMA, NIST, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA standards. Verticals served include enterprise physical security, U.S. government, data centers, K-12 and higher education, retail, healthcare, energy/industrial, casinos, airports, sports venues, waste management, and defense applications.

The company monetizes through subscription software licensing, hardware appliance sales, and enterprise field sales led by regional directors. Government customers access the platform through Carahsoft's procurement contracts (SEWP V, NASPO ValuePoint, OMNIA Partners), while commercial customers integrate through the Johnson Controls ecosystem including C•CURE, Illustra, exacqVision, Kantech EntraPass, and SALTO. Distribution is also supported by the global Channel Partner Program and the year-round SVIP Experience Center in Dallas-Fort Worth. Scylla has raised $4.9M in disclosed funding (Series A, August 2020, led by Mucker Capital) and operates with 101-250 employees. The leadership team comprises CEO Albert Stepanyan, COO Armen Gabrielyan, VP of Sales Kris Greiner, Lead Computer Vision Engineer and Co-Founder Zhora Gevorgyan, and Lead Machine Learning Engineer Armen Ghambaryan.

Name

Scylla

Legal name

Scylla Technologies Inc.

Website

https://scylla.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Scylla Technologies Inc. provides AI-powered real-time video analytics for physical threat detection across 300,000+ cameras in 40+ countries, serving government agencies via Carahsoft and commercial enterprises via Johnson Controls with proprietary ScyllaNet detection models.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Video Analytics for Physical Security

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

akta.pro primary industry

Video Surveillance & Security Analytics (HDAAAEAE)

Keywords

• AI video analytics
• Physical security software
• Threat detection systems
• Computer vision platform
• Edge video surveillance

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AI Video Analytics Platform License: Subscription-based licensing of AI video analytics software. Operates on-premise without cloud dependencies, meeting FISMA compliance and NIST cybersecurity standards. Supports edge-cloud hybrid deployment.
2. Hardware Appliances: Sale of Scylla Asteria edge monitoring appliances and related hardware. Smart edge devices that deliver AI video analytics locally.
3. Enterprise Software Licensing: Perpetual or subscription licensing of software modules for specific detection capabilities (gun detection, face recognition, perimeter intrusion, etc.) to enterprise customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Scylla is a real-time AI-powered physical threat detection platform that uses computer vision to analyze video streams from CCTV, body cameras, and drones. It delivers a suite of detection modules (gun, knife, perimeter intrusion, aggressive behavior, face recognition, slip & fall, suspicious shopping, smoke & fire, vehicle tracking), a smart edge appliance (Asteria), a unified command center, and a forensic search module, all built on the proprietary ScyllaNet deep learning framework.

Product overview

Scylla is an AI-powered video analytics platform offering a comprehensive suite of security solutions. The core platform integrates with existing VMS systems and CCTV infrastructure, delivering real-time threat detection and incident response. The product architecture consists of the Scylla Asteria edge appliance for on-premise processing, the Command Center for unified video management, Alarm Hub for alert aggregation, and Event Raptor VLM for intelligent event classification. The detection capabilities include Gun Detection System, Knife Detection System, Perimeter Intrusion Detection, Aggressive Behavior Detection, Slip & Fall Detection, Suspicious Shopping Behavior Detection (97.3% accuracy), Vehicle Identification and Tracking, Smoke & Fire Detection, False Alarm Filtering (99.95% reduction), Access Control integration, Traffic Flow Analysis, and Face Recognition (XactID for in-the-wild identification and Auto-Enrollment). For post-incident investigation, Forensics Pro enables natural language video search powered by Event Raptor. The entire platform is built on proprietary ScyllaNet deep learning framework with SIoU loss function for superior object detection accuracy, ranking #1 globally on COCO benchmarks. The technology processes over 600 billion video frames daily across more than 300,000 connected cameras serving organizations in over 40 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scylla Asteria™: Smart edge monitoring solution - Scylla's robust edge device that delivers powerful AI video analytics right out of the box.
• ScyllaNet
• Scylla Command Center
• Scylla Alarm Hub
• Scylla Forensics Pro
• Event Raptor
• XactID
• Charon
• SIoU (Scylla-IoU)

Products and services

• Scylla Asteria Smart Edge Monitoring Solution Smart edge monitoring appliance that delivers powerful AI video analytics out of the box, running detection workloads locally on customer premises rather than in the cloud, with 7x less hardware than comparable solutions.
• Command Center Video management and operations interface that consolidates live camera feeds, alarms, and detection events for security operators across multiple sites.
• Forensics Pro Post-incident video search module that uses AI to find people, objects, and events across recorded footage with natural language search and one-click PDF evidence report export, targeted at security investigators.
• Gun Detection System Military-grade firearm detection system that accurately detects firearms in dynamic environments such as moving backgrounds and high-traffic areas, including small firearms up to 50m with 4K drone cameras and up to 100m with 8K cameras.
• Knife Detection System AI video analytics specialized for edged-weapon recognition, addressing challenges of size, reflectivity, and partial visibility.
• XactID Face Recognition in the Wild Face recognition module designed for non-cooperative 'in-the-wild' identification of suspects, terrorists, or persons of interest across CCTV, body cameras, and drones in operational security environments, NIST-tested for accuracy and fairness across demographics.
• Face Recognition Auto-Enrollment Module that automatically builds a robust database of visitors by dynamically enrolling individuals as they are detected by cameras.
• Perimeter Intrusion Detection System Detects persons or vehicles in a specific zone at a specified time, helping security operators concentrate on critical tasks without false alarms.
• Aggressive Behavior Detection AI video analytics that identifies physical altercations, raised arms in attack patterns, group escalation, and similar pre-violence indicators.
• Slip & Fall Detection System AI-powered detection system for identifying slip and fall incidents in video feeds.
• Suspicious Shopping Behavior Detection Detects potential shoplifting events (e.g., taking an item and putting it into a bag or backpack) with 97.3% accuracy.
• Vehicle Identification and Tracking AI analytics that detect, classify (car, truck, van), read license plates (LPR/ANPR), and follow vehicles across multiple cameras.
• Smoke & Fire Detection AI-based detection of smoke and fire hazards, including machinery overheating.
• False Alarm Filtering AI-based suppression of nuisance alerts (animals, weather, shadows, reflections, sensor noise) integrated with existing VMS and cameras, filtering out up to 99.95% of false alarms.
• Access Control Determines who is allowed to enter a physical space and when, combining credentials with biometric verification and AI-assisted analytics.
• Traffic Flow Analysis AI analytics for analyzing traffic patterns and vehicle movement in urban and retail environments.
• Scylla Object Detection and Tracking Core object detection and tracking capability that locates and classifies objects in images or video frames, returning bounding boxes and labels.
• Event Raptor Proprietary Vision-Language Model (VLM) that captures, classifies, and surfaces specific event types from live or recorded video; powers natural language video search, attribute-based search, and AI-generated evidence summaries in Forensics Pro.
• Alarm Hub Module that aggregates, manages, and routes alarms from multiple sites and detection types into a single operational interface.
• Mobile App Mobile application for receiving real-time alerts and managing security events on the go, distributing alerts with relevant screenshots and incident information.

Quantifiable outcome

• Filters up to 99.95% of false alarms
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

AI capability17 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered strategic and core.

• Johnson ControlsstrategicTechnology or Integration · 23 March 2026Johnson Controls announced deeper ecosystem integrations with Scylla at ISC West 2026, expanding interoperability across commercial security environments. Scylla is part of Johnson Controls' first-to-market upgrades for enterprise and commercial applications including C•CURE IQ 3.2, Illustra cameras, exacqVision, and Kantech EntraPass platforms.
• Carahsoft Technology Corp.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 February 2026Scylla AI partnered with Carahsoft to make its AI-powered video analytics solutions available to U.S. government agencies. Scylla's solutions are accessible through Carahsoft's established reseller network and multiple procurement contracts including SEWP V, NASPO ValuePoint, and OMNIA Partners. The platform operates on-premise without cloud dependencies, meeting FISMA compliance and NIST cybersecurity standards with air-gapped architecture.
• SecurityVIP Enterprises (SVIP)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 February 2026Scylla committed to showcasing at the SVIP Experience Center, a permanent year-round security innovation hub in Dallas-Fort Worth designed to replace traditional trade shows. The center features 11 immersive vertical zones with live demonstrations. Operations expected to begin later in 2026.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• BriefCam: BriefCam (now part of Milestone Systems / Canon) provides video content analytics for security with similar capabilities around object detection, behavior analytics, and forensic search, making it a directly comparable platform.
• ZeroEyes: ZeroEyes is a U.S.-based AI gun detection platform focused on schools, government, and commercial customers, directly overlapping with Scylla's weapon detection vertical and go-to-market.
• Ambient.ai: Ambient.ai provides AI-powered physical security analytics including threat detection and behavior analysis for enterprise and education customers, overlapping with Scylla's core detection and false-alarm filtering stack.
• IronYun (Volv AI): IronYun offers AI video analytics for physical security including weapons detection, intrusion, and behavior analysis, competing with Scylla across enterprise and government verticals.
• Evolon Technology: Evolon provides AI-driven video analytics for perimeter security and threat detection, directly comparable to Scylla's perimeter intrusion and false alarm filtering capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Avigilon (Motorola Solutions): Avigilon, owned by Motorola Solutions, is a major incumbent in AI-enabled video surveillance and VMS, offering overlapping analytics capabilities as part of a broader enterprise security portfolio.
• Genetec: Genetec provides a unified security platform with embedded video analytics and integrates with Scylla, while also competing as a broader security infrastructure incumbent for the same enterprise buyers.
• Axis Communications: Axis Communications is a major network camera manufacturer that embeds AI analytics into its devices, representing an incumbent platform competitor at the hardware-plus-software layer.

Emerging players

• Vintra: Vintra provides AI video analytics for security and forensics use cases, an emerging player with partial overlap to Scylla's real-time detection and post-incident investigation capabilities.
• IntelliSee: IntelliSee offers an AI threat detection platform focused on safety risks (weapons, intruders, distracted driving) for schools, healthcare, and commercial sites, overlapping with Scylla's school security and threat detection verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8E2f6bvQk3g9N7
• Facebookfacebook.com/scyllaai
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scylla-ai

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 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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