What Vintra does

Vintra developed artificial intelligence software for conducting smart, accurate investigative reviews of digital video, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington. The company's core technology combined computer vision capabilities (person and vehicle detection, license plate recognition, line crossing, loitering and intrusion detection, traffic counting, and similarity matching) with natural language processing for conversational video search, plus automated visual verification and anomaly detection. Its flagship capabilities — Natural Language Video Search, Automated Visual Verification, and Intelligent Similarity Matching — processed image frames from video streams to identify, classify, and correlate subjects and events.

Following its acquisition by OpenEye and Alarm.com in April 2023, Vintra's technology was integrated into OpenEye Web Services (OWS), a cloud-managed video surveillance platform. The combined offering now serves end customers across multiple industries including retail, education, convenience stores, manufacturing, restaurants, logistics, retail banking, multi-family properties, cannabis, and commercial real estate. The platform extends beyond core security analytics into operational intelligence (heatmaps, performance insights) and point-of-sale correlation for loss prevention.

Prior to acquisition, Vintra was a privately-held B2B SaaS company that raised approximately $13.9 million across disclosed funding rounds from 2017 through 2021, with investors including Bonfire Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, Vertex Ventures US, LVP, Lavrock Ventures, Marbruck, and In-Q-Tel. Pricing models, revenue mechanics, and customer identities are not publicly disclosed. Since the April 2023 acquisition, Vintra has not operated as an independent entity; co-founder Brent Boekestein transitioned to lead OpenEye's Enterprise team, and the technology now ships as part of the OWS AI Video Analytics module.

Name

Vintra

Website

https://vintra.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vintra developed AI-powered video analytics for investigative digital video reviews, combining computer vision detection, natural language search, and similarity matching. Acquired by OpenEye and Alarm.com in April 2023, its technology now ships within the OpenEye Web Services platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Video Analytics Software

SIC

Photographic Equipment & Supplies (3861)

akta.pro primary industry

Video Surveillance & Analytics (Edge Video) (HSAPAPAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Video Understanding & Content Moderation (HDAAAEAF), Video Telematics & AI Dashcams (TLAEANAA)

Keywords

• AI video analytics
• Video surveillance software
• Computer vision analytics
• License plate recognition
• Investigative video search

Headquarters

HQ city

Liberty Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Core offering

Vintra developed AI-powered video analytics software that enabled smart, accurate, and efficient investigative reviews of digital video. Its technology offered person and vehicle detection, license plate recognition, natural language video search, automated visual verification, and intelligent similarity matching. Following its April 2023 acquisition by OpenEye and Alarm.com, Vintra's capabilities were integrated into the OpenEye Web Services (OWS) cloud-managed video security platform.

Product overview

Vintra was an independent AI video analytics company that was acquired by OpenEye and Alarm.com in April 2023. Following the acquisition, Vintra's technology was integrated into OpenEye Web Services (OWS), a cloud-managed video surveillance platform. The product portfolio now encompasses the OWS platform as the core offering, with AI Video Analytics as the primary intelligent module providing computer vision capabilities including person/vehicle detection, license plate recognition, and similarity search. Additional modules include Cloud Cameras (hardware), Operational Analytics (business intelligence), and POS Connect (transaction correlation). The platform serves multiple industries including retail, education, convenience stores, manufacturing, restaurants, logistics, retail banking, multi-family properties, cannabis, and commercial real estate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vintra AI Video Analytics AI-powered video analytics software featuring intelligent video search, automated visual verification, and intelligent similarity matching capabilities. Targeted at organizations needing efficient investigative review of digital video; now operated within OpenEye Web Services following the April 2023 acquisition.
• AI Video Analytics AI-powered analytics module providing computer vision capabilities including person and vehicle detection, line crossing, loitering and intrusion detection, traffic counting, similarity search, and license plate recognition (LPR).

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record.

• OpenEyeOthersVintra was acquired by OpenEye in April 2023. The acquisition brought Vintra's video analytics technology into OpenEye's cloud-managed video security platform (OWS). Brent Boekestein, co-founder of Vintra, now leads OpenEye's Enterprise team.
• Alarm.comOthersVintra was co-acquired by OpenEye and Alarm.com in April 2023. This partnership formed part of a strategic consolidation in the VSaaS (Video Surveillance as a Service) market, integrating Vintra's AI analytics capabilities with both platforms.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Genetec: Genetec offers Security Center, a unified video management platform with built-in analytics and integrations. As an established VMS/VSaaS incumbent, it competes directly with OpenEye Web Services in the same integrator and enterprise channel.
• Axis Communications: Axis Communications manufactures network cameras with embedded analytics (AXIS Object Analytics) and supports partner analytics applications. As an OEM, it competes both at the camera layer and increasingly at the AI analytics layer, threatening third-party analytics vendors.
• Milestone Systems: Milestone provides open-platform video management software with analytics integrations, serving enterprise and city surveillance customers. It is an established VMS incumbent whose partner-driven model competes with OpenEye's integrated approach.
• Avigilon (Motorola Solutions): Avigilon, owned by Motorola Solutions, provides AI-enabled video surveillance cameras and analytics (Appearance Search, unusual motion detection). It is a broad incumbent competing with Vintra/OpenEye in AI analytics and integrated video security across enterprise and public-sector verticals.

Direct peers

• Verkada: Verkada combines cloud-managed cameras with built-in AI analytics (person/vehicle detection, search, occupancy insights). It targets the same enterprise and multi-site customer segment with a vertically integrated hardware-plus-AI approach.
• Agent Vi: Agent Vi provides AI-powered video analytics (object detection, classification, search) integrated with third-party VMS platforms. It is a direct analytics-software peer to Vintra, serving security and operational intelligence use cases.
• BriefCam: BriefCam provides video content analytics including object detection, similarity search, and rapid video review — directly overlapping Vintra's core feature set (similarity matching, automated visual verification). It serves enterprise security, retail, and public-safety customers.
• Eagle Eye Networks: Eagle Eye Networks delivers a cloud-native VSaaS platform with AI-based video analytics, comparable to OpenEye Web Services. It directly competes for the same cloud-managed video security customers and integrator relationships.

Emerging players

• Ambient.ai: Ambient.ai applies computer vision to physical security workflows (gun detection, intrusion, loitering) with a software-first approach. It overlaps Vintra/OpenEye on AI-driven event detection and proactive alerting for enterprise security teams.
• IronYun: IronYun offers AI video analytics for security, safety, and operational use cases, with person/vehicle detection, LPR, and search. It overlaps Vintra/OpenEye in computer vision capabilities, focused primarily on enterprise and smart-city deployments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/VintraInc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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

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