ROC
ROC is the only American maker of multimodal Vision AI, providing NIST top-ranked face, fingerprint, iris, and video analytics software for U.S. defense, law enforcement, and global FinTech customers through its unified ROC SDK, ABIS, Access, Enroll, Evidence, and Watch platforms.
- Company typePublic
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersDenver, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What ROC does
ROC (Rank One Computing Corporation) is a U.S.-headquartered, publicly traded (Nasdaq: ROC) developer of multimodal Vision AI software that fuses biometrics, video analytics, and decision intelligence into a unified platform. Founded in 2015 in Denver, Colorado, the company builds NIST top-ranked proprietary algorithms for face, fingerprint (latent and slap), iris, age estimation, tattoo, license plate recognition, liveness detection, and object/weapon detection — packaged as the ROC SDK and exposed through deployable modules (ROC ABIS, ROC Access, ROC Enroll, ROC Evidence, ROC Watch) under a unified EULA supporting native, on-prem, ROC-hosted SaaS, and hybrid deployments. ROC claims to be the only American maker of multimodal Vision AI, explicitly positioning itself as the sovereign domestic alternative to legacy foreign biometric vendors such as NEC, IDEMIA, and Thales.
The company primarily serves U.S. federal agencies (Department of Defense, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Navy, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, U.S. Special Operations Command, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security) with approximately 80–81% of revenue from government customers. Commercial revenue is generated through integrator, OEM, and channel partners including Meta (smart glasses/AI app licensing), Aware (Awareness orchestration platform), Mitek, Gatekeeper Systems (FaceFirst retail platform), and iOCO SBT (DIMMPL deployment in Africa with MTN as a featured customer). ROC monetizes via software licensing (one-time/perpetual and License-Key-based), subscription/SaaS fees, government R&D contracts, managed services revenue from acquired federal contracts (e.g., ZTC), and OEM/embedded licensing royalties.
FY2025 revenue was $17.0 million (+24% YoY) with 77% gross margins; the company remains unprofitable (EPS of -$0.18) but funded for expansion following a February 2026 IPO that raised $24 million in gross proceeds at a ~$114 million market capitalization. ROC holds multiple #1 NIST benchmark rankings (FRTE face combined speed/accuracy, FRIF Class B slap fingerprint, ELFT latent fingerprint Rank-1, FATE age estimation, IREX 10 iris speed) and has stated deployment scale of 1B+ identities verified, 200M+ annual identity-proofing transactions, and ALPR coverage across 69 countries.
ROC firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- ROC
- Legal name
- Rank One Computing Corporation
- Website
- https://roc.ai
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- ROC is the only American maker of multimodal Vision AI, providing NIST top-ranked face, fingerprint, iris, and video analytics software for U.S. defense, law enforcement, and global FinTech customers through its unified ROC SDK, ABIS, Access, Enroll, Evidence, and Watch platforms.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
ROC industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Computer Vision & Biometric Recognition Software
- NAICS
- Software Publishers (513210)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Facial Recognition & Biometrics (HDAAAEAC)
Keywords
Where ROC is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Denver
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices3 records
Markets served
ROC business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Software Licensing (SDK & ABIS): One-time/perpetual and license-key-based licensing of ROC SDK, ROC ABIS, ROC Examine, ROC Foundation, ROC Post, and other Licensed Software under EULA; License Keys govern permitted deployment model and environments.
- SaaS / ROC-Hosted Subscriptions: ROC-hosted or managed cloud/SaaS deployment option for ROC Enroll, ROC Evidence, ROC Watch, etc., with periodic license fees (License Keys current and in effect) qualifying customers for Updates and Upgrades.
- Government R&D Contracts and Software Sales: Software and R&D contracts with U.S. federal agencies (DoD, FBI, DHS, DoS, U.S. Marshals, U.S. Navy); ~80–81% of revenue from government clients including military and law enforcement.
- Recurring Revenue from Acquired Federal Software Contracts: ZTC acquisition adds durable recurring revenue through active federal government contracts for specialized digital forensics and software engineering services.
- OEM/Embedded Licensing Royalties: Licensing of ROC algorithms to OEMs and integrators (e.g., Meta, Gatekeeper FaceFirst, Aware Awareness, iOCO DIMPL) for facial recognition, liveness, and supporting up to 10M facial templates.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Quote-based license pricing for ROC SDK / ABIS / Enroll / Evidence / Watch / Access (not publicly disclosed) |
| Subscription | Annual | Subscription / SaaS pricing for ROC-hosted deployments |
| Freemium | Pay-as-you-go | Free trial / demo |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels7 records
ROC product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ROC builds a unified multimodal Vision AI platform that fuses biometrics, video analytics, and decision intelligence into a single operational picture for defense, public safety, and digital commerce. The platform is anchored by the ROC SDK (multimodal biometric SDK) and extended through deployable modules: ROC ABIS for large-scale biometric identification, ROC Access for biometric facial access control, ROC Enroll for remote identity onboarding, ROC Evidence for digital evidence management, and ROC Watch for AI video analytics and live alerting. It is sold via software licensing, SaaS subscriptions, OEM/embedded deals, and government R&D contracts to U.S. federal agencies and global FinTech brands.
Product overview
ROC offers a unified Vision AI platform that fuses multimodal biometrics, video analytics, and decision intelligence into a single operational picture for defense, public safety, and digital commerce. The architecture centers on the ROC SDK (multimodal biometric SDK) as the engine, surrounded by deployable modules: ROC ABIS (Automated Biometric Identification System for large-scale one-to-many matching), ROC Access (intelligent biometric access control including Face1), ROC Enroll (remote identity onboarding), ROC Evidence (digital evidence management system with integrated forensic workflows), and ROC Watch (AI video analytics for live alerting). The platform also exposes additional utility products (ROC Examine, ROC Foundation, ROC Post) referenced in ROC's EULA.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ROC ABIS: Automated Biometric Identification System
- ROC Access
- ROC Enroll
- ROC Evidence
- ROC SDK
- ROC Watch
Products and services
- ROC SDK Multimodal biometric SDK providing NIST-ranked face, fingerprint, and iris recognition algorithms, plus liveness, age estimation, gun/object detection, tattoo, and license plate recognition, exposed via APIs, API wrappers, CLI, and GUI for government, defense, public safety, and FinTech integrators.
- ROC ABIS Automated Biometric Identification System enabling large-scale one-to-many matching across enrolled biometric galleries, supporting national ID, border control, and law enforcement identification at scale across face, fingerprint, iris, latent, palmprint, and tattoo modalities.
- ROC Access (Face1) Intelligent biometric facial access control software launched at ISC West 2026; the Face1 variant won SIA Best in Biometrics 2026, featuring high-security forged carbon fiber construction with advanced threat detection, integrating biometric verification with real-time security intelligence for enterprise facilities.
- ROC Enroll Remote identity onboarding product for frictionless digital authentication, combining multimodal biometrics, face analytics, ID proofing, and liveness detection for KYC and customer verification use cases in FinTech and digital commerce.
- ROC Evidence Digital Evidence Management System integrating Zuccaro Technical Consulting's digital forensics capabilities into ROC's Vision AI platform to create an end-to-end investigative biometric video intelligence platform for government and public-safety customers.
- ROC Watch AI video analytics solution providing 24/7/365 monitoring for objects, guns, faces, and license plates, with live alerting and visitor management for school safety, physical security, and public safety deployments.
- ROC Iris Recognition Standalone iris recognition algorithm launched in December 2023 with NIST IREX 10 #1 speed ranking, 99.3% two-eye search accuracy at 1.0% false positive ID rate, and 0.11s mean search speed on a 1M iris database for defense, public safety, and digital identity use cases.
Companies that use ROC
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
ROC technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
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- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration4 records
AI capability8 records
Feature10 records
ROC partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.
- Zuccaro Technical Consulting (ZTC)coreROC entered a definitive agreement to acquire ZTC for $500K cash and ~$2.5M in restricted common stock plus a performance-based earn-out (~$3M total), expected to close Q3 2026. ZTC becomes a wholly owned subsidiary, integrating its digital forensics capabilities into ROC Evidence to create an end-to-end investigative biometric video intelligence platform for government and public-safety customers.
- iOCO SBTcoreSouth African systems integrator iOCO SBT's DIMPL Digital Identity Management Platform is built on ROC's Vision AI technology for KYC onboarding and fraud prevention across banking, insurance, healthcare, and telecoms; featured case study with MTN retail stores reduced customer registration time from 20–30 minutes to 2–3 minutes and eliminated >$1M in annual retail fraud.
- Meta PlatformsflagshipMeta licensed ROC's facial recognition and liveness detection technology for use in its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and AI companion app; license covers up to 10 million facial templates and includes 'NameTag' face-scanning capability. Dormant code was discovered by WIRED inside the Meta AI app shipped to 50M+ phones and removed June 5, 2026; Meta stated no final decisions have been made and nothing has shipped to consumers.
- Aware, Inc.coreAware added ROC (and Mitek) as a biometric technology partner in its Awareness orchestration platform, supporting fingerprint, iris, palmprint, voice, face, and document verification with Intelligent Liveness and Intelligent Matching to counter deepfakes, synthetic identities, and injection attacks. General availability targeted for Q3 2026.
- Mitek SystemscoreIntegrated alongside ROC into Aware's Awareness digital identity orchestration platform to expand biometric matching and identity verification options for customers; contributes ~10x lower False Non-Match Rate vs. previous generations.
- International Biometrics+Identity Association (IBIA)coreROC joined the International Biometrics+Identity Association and CEO B. Scott Swann was appointed to the IBIA Board of Directors to expand ROC's influence in the biometrics industry at global scale.
- Gatekeeper Systems (FaceFirst platform)coreGatekeeper Systems integrated ROC's NIST-validated top-ranked facial recognition algorithm into its FaceFirst retail loss-prevention platform and launched a new mobile experience (FaceFirst Touch); ROC serves as the algorithm partner while Gatekeeper provides the privacy and governance framework for retail deployments.
Scale indicators17 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights7 records
ROC competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- NEC Corporation: NEC is a global leader in biometric identification (face, fingerprint, iris) and the most-cited foreign incumbent ROC positions itself against. NEC has multi-decade deployments across national ID, border control, and law enforcement worldwide, making it the closest direct competitor on multimodal biometric algorithms and ABIS.
- IDEMIA: IDEMIA is a leading global provider of biometric and identity solutions (face, fingerprint, iris ABIS) for government, law enforcement, and border management. ROC's CEO Scott Swann previously headed IDEMIA National Security Solutions, and IDEMIA is one of the three foreign incumbents ROC explicitly targets for displacement in U.S. federal procurement.
- Thales: Thales provides biometric identity and digital security solutions for governments and critical infrastructure operators globally, including ABIS deployments for national ID and border control. Thales is the third foreign incumbent ROC names as a sovereign-AI displacement target, and competes head-to-head on NIST-ranked biometric algorithms.
- Aware, Inc. Aware is a biometric identity platform vendor offering fingerprint, iris, face, and document verification through its Awareness orchestration platform. ROC is now embedded inside Awareness alongside Mitek, but Aware also sells competing biometric algorithms and liveness/orchestration capabilities to the same government and FinTech buyers.
- Paravision: Paravision is a U.S.-based face recognition and Vision AI company focused on identity verification, access control, and edge deployment. ROC's CRO Benji Hutchinson previously held an executive role at Paravision, and Paravision competes directly with ROC's facial recognition, liveness, and age estimation algorithms in FinTech and government markets.
- Clearview AI: Clearview AI is a U.S.-based facial recognition vendor serving law enforcement with a large face search database. It competes with ROC on face recognition accuracy, federal and law enforcement contracts, and the broader narrative around sovereign American-made biometric AI.
- Innovatrics: Innovatrics is a Slovakia-based multimodal biometric vendor offering face, fingerprint, and iris recognition plus ABIS for national ID, border control, and law enforcement. It competes with ROC on NIST benchmark rankings, ABIS deployments, and government identity programs globally.
- Cognitec Systems: Cognitec is a Germany-based face recognition vendor supplying algorithms for border management, national ID, and law enforcement (including as a component inside larger vendors' stacks). It competes with ROC on face recognition accuracy and NIST benchmark performance, particularly in the EU and APAC civil-identity market.
Emerging players
- Mitek Systems: Mitek is a digital identity verification vendor specializing in mobile capture, liveness, and biometric authentication for FinTech and banking. Mitek is both a co-integration partner with ROC inside Aware's Awareness platform and a competitor in identity-proofing and KYC onboarding flows.
- iProov: iProov is a U.K.-based biometric authentication vendor specializing in liveness and deepfake-resistant face verification for governments and enterprises. It competes with ROC's liveness detection and multimodal identity proofing capabilities in FinTech KYC and digital onboarding use cases.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance5 records
ROC financial estimates
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ROC leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles10 records
ROC subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
ROC funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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ROC M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A1 record
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about ROC
What does ROC do?
ROC builds a unified multimodal Vision AI platform that fuses biometrics, video analytics, and decision intelligence into a single operational picture for defense, public safety, and digital commerce. The platform is anchored by the ROC SDK (multimodal biometric SDK) and extended through deployable modules: ROC ABIS for large-scale biometric identification, ROC Access for biometric facial access control, ROC Enroll for remote identity onboarding, ROC Evidence for digital evidence management, and ROC Watch for AI video analytics and live alerting. It is sold via software licensing, SaaS subscriptions, OEM/embedded deals, and government R&D contracts to U.S. federal agencies and global FinTech brands.
Is ROC a public or private company?
ROC is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was ROC founded?
ROC was founded in 2015. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is ROC based?
ROC is headquartered in Denver, United States, in the North America region.
How does ROC make money?
Five revenue lines are on record. Software Licensing (SDK & ABIS) is the primary driver. The others are saaS / ROC-Hosted Subscriptions, government R&D Contracts and Software Sales, recurring Revenue from Acquired Federal Software Contracts and OEM/Embedded Licensing Royalties.
Who are ROC's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are NEC Corporation, IDEMIA, Thales, Aware, Inc., Paravision, Clearview AI, Innovatrics and Cognitec Systems. Emerging players are Mitek Systems and iProov.
Does ROC have an API?
Yes. ROC provides multimodal biometric APIs and SDKs (ROC SDK) for face, fingerprint, iris, age estimation, liveness, object, gun, tattoo, and license plate recognition. The End User License Agreement (EULA) defines Permitted Interfaces to include application programming interfaces (APIs), API wrappers, command line interfaces, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Deployment is supported via native/embedded SDKs and libraries, customer-hosted (private cloud, on-prem, hybrid), or ROC-hosted/SaaS models, with License Keys for access control and metering. Authentication/usage governed by License Keys (floating, metered, dynamic scaling, access credentials) per EULA Section 1. Developer documentation is at roc.ai/sdk.
What industry is ROC in?
ROC's product category is Computer Vision & Biometric Recognition Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAAAEAC, Facial Recognition & Biometrics. Its NAICS code is 513210.