Invision AI

What Invision AI does

Invision AI is a Toronto-based private company, founded in 2017 by CEO Karim Ali, that builds proprietary 3D computer vision software for transportation infrastructure operators. Its core platform extracts real-time geo-spatial insights (position, size, speed, and headings at 10cm localization accuracy) from a single camera and fuses multiple cameras into a collaborative mesh for consolidated situational awareness, with all inference performed at the edge to preserve privacy and reduce bandwidth costs. The company packages this platform into three core products: iVOD for automatic vehicle occupancy detection on toll and HOV lanes, iAID for high-integrity incident and anomaly detection on highways and rail crossings, and iFlow for multi-camera origin-to-destination passenger and vehicle tracking. Notable derived solutions include the portable iRSU roadside unit (deployable in under two hours) and the SEAL safety-enabled adaptive highway lighting system.

Invision AI serves toll road operators, highway concessionaires, transit authorities, and municipal smart-city programs, with named deployments at ATMB (France-Switzerland border), Transurban (Greater Washington Express Lanes), Vinci Highways/Olympia Odos (200km Greek motorway, 120 cameras), 407 ETR, Metrolinx (GO Train pilot), TTC, NJ Transit, Ayalon Highways, and CalTrans. The company's go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales to transportation agencies, channel partnerships with systems integrators (Thales, Equans/Ineo, ST Engineering) and silicon providers (NXP), and government-funded accelerator programs (Ontario AVIN/WinterTech, Transit Tech Lab).

Revenue mechanics blend one-time hardware-and-software licenses for installed systems with optional recurring cloud services for monitoring and data management. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; pilots are enabled via portable demo units. The company has raised approximately $1.22M in priced equity (primarily a 2017 Techstars-led seed of $1.1M and a 2016 Techstars-related $120K) supplemented by roughly $484K in non-dilutive Ontario government grants. The company is privately held with no parent, operates from Toronto with offices in Renens (Switzerland) and Shelby Township (Michigan), and has an 11-50 person workforce.

Name

Invision AI

Legal name

Invision AI, Inc.

Website

https://invision.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Invision AI builds proprietary 3D computer vision software that delivers real-time vehicle occupancy detection, automatic incident detection, and passenger/vehicle tracking from camera networks. It sells edge-deployed AI systems to toll road operators, highway concessionaires, and transit authorities globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intelligent Transportation Systems

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Real-Time Vision at the Edge (on-device CV/video) (HDAAAJAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI/Analytics Video Surveillance (Detection, LPR, People Counting) (HSAHACAF), Video Telematics & AI Dashcams (TLAEANAA), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• Computer vision software
• Vehicle occupancy detection
• Automatic incident detection
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Smart city analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Vehicle Occupancy Detection (iVOD) System: Sale and deployment of roadside vehicle occupancy detection systems to toll road operators and transportation agencies. Systems are deployed as fixed installations or portable/mobile units. Revenue from hardware (edge computers, cameras) and software licenses.
2. Automatic Incident Detection (iAID) System: AI-based incident detection systems deployed on highways, rail crossings, and urban intersections. Provides real-time alerts and anomaly detection as a software/hardware solution.
3. People Flow (iFlow) Analytics: Video-based analytics solution for tracking passengers and vehicles across multiple collaborative cameras. Deployed in rail stations, transit hubs, and urban spaces for capacity optimization and flow analysis.
4. Cloud Services and Data Management: Optional cloud connectivity for data upload, enforcement statistics, and remote monitoring. Clients can choose to keep only suspected violator information encrypted on the edge or securely upload to their own cloud infrastructure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Invision AI develops a proprietary 3D sensing computer vision platform that delivers real-time object detection, classification, geo-localization, and tracking from a single camera or a collaborative mesh of cameras. The company sells three integrated transportation products built on this platform: iVOD (Vehicle Occupancy Detection for automated passenger counting), iAID (Automatic Incident Detection for highways, tunnels, and rail crossings), and iFlow (People Flow tracking across transit spaces). Offerings combine edge hardware with AI software and are sold to government transportation agencies, toll road operators, and transit authorities.

Product overview

Invision AI offers a unified software platform built on proprietary 3D sensing technology for computer vision and AI applications in the transportation industry. The core product portfolio consists of three integrated solutions: Vehicle Occupancy Detection (iVOD) for automated passenger counting in vehicles, Automatic Incident Detection (iAID) for real-time highway and railway safety monitoring, and People Flow (iFlow) for multi-camera passenger tracking in transit spaces. These products share the underlying 3D Sensing Platform which provides geo-spatial awareness from single cameras and enables collaborative multi-camera mesh sensing with Generative AI learning capabilities. All products leverage distributed edge processing for privacy preservation and bandwidth efficiency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iVOD: Vehicle Occupancy Detection product - world-leading patented solution to count passengers in vehicles
• iAID
• iFlow
• SEAL
• iRSU

Products and services

• Vehicle Occupancy Detection (iVOD) World-leading patented solution to count passengers in vehicles automatically in all weather conditions and at all speeds. Cost-effective roadside unit covering multiple lanes without requiring gantry infrastructure, with mobile deployment capability in under two hours. Targeted at toll road operators and transportation agencies.
• Automatic Incident Detection (iAID) High-integrity, patented, privacy-preserving AI incident detection system providing real-time geo-localized anomaly detection with industry-leading low false alerts (<0.03 false alarms per camera per day in open road sections). Operates indoors (tunnels) and outdoors using 3D geo-localization for highway, rail crossing, and intersection safety.
• People Flow (iFlow) Patented privacy-preserving AI video solution providing real-time geo-localized situational analysis across multiple collaborative cameras. Extracts high-integrity 3D digital twins for long-term origin-to-destination tracking of people, vehicles, and objects with geo-locations, speeds, sizes, orientations, and headings. Deployed in rail stations, transit hubs, and urban spaces.
• Road-Side Unit (iRSU) Portable vehicle occupancy detection unit deployable in under two hours, achieving 97.5% precision in portable mode and 99.1% precision in fixed installation. Interfaces with gantry systems and license plate recognition systems to provide complete vehicle reports with encrypted edge storage and optional secure cloud upload.
• 3D Sensing Platform Proprietary and patented AI platform providing 3D awareness from a single camera and combining multiple cameras in a collaborative mesh. Core components include 3D Engine (geo-spatial insights extraction), Mesh Sensing (multi-camera collaboration), Distributed Edge Processing (privacy and bandwidth preservation), and Generative AI Learning. Underlies the iVOD, iAID, and iFlow products.

Quantifiable outcome

• 97.5-99.1% vehicle occupancy detection precision
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Ineo (Equans)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 13 June 2024Implementation partner for VOD system deployment at ATMB border crossing. Ineo/Equans handles physical installation and integration with existing infrastructure. Partnership enables deployment at France-Switzerland border crossing.
• Vinci HighwayscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 May 2024Deployment of Automatic Incident Detection with adaptive light control on Athens-Patras highway (Motorway 8). Invision AI provides video-based AI solutions enabling smart lighting system that reduces energy consumption by up to 75%.
• Transit Tech Lab / NJ TRANSITstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 May 2022Selected as finalist in Transit Tech Lab 2022 challenge from nearly 150 applicants. Testing solution with NJ TRANSIT to demonstrate digital twins of transit spaces for COVID-19 recovery and environmental sustainability.
• TransurbancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 March 2021Global toll road developer and operator testing Invision's Road-Side Unit (iRSU) at three sites in Greater Washington Area. Testing validated 97.5% precision for dynamically priced Express Lanes. Transurban seeking automated enforcement solutions for HOV/HOT lanes.
• ThalescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 March 2021Strategic partnership to develop advanced autonomous technologies for rail systems. Invision AI provides AI-powered situational awareness capabilities combined with Thales's rail systems expertise and Metrolinx's operational environment. Solution equipped on Metrolinx GO train for testing. Total project value $1,476,360 with Ontario government support.
• MetrolinxcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 March 2021Regional transportation agency partnering with Invision AI and Thales to pilot autonomous rail technologies on GO Train in Toronto. Metrolinx provides operational environment for testing obstacle detection and railway safety systems in harsh winter conditions.
• NXPstrategicTechnology or Integration · 15 December 2018Multi-year technology partnership for edge AI solutions. Invision AI participated in NXP's seminar series on ML & AI in low-cost edge-computing nodes. Partnership enables deployment on NXP's Layerscape platform.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• VITRONIC: VITRONIC offers machine vision and AI-based traffic monitoring solutions including toll enforcement and vehicle classification, directly overlapping with Invision's iVOD and iFlow capabilities. Already listed as an Invision partner on its website.
• Iteris: Iteris provides video detection and AI-based traffic analytics for intersections, highways, and smart cities — directly comparable to Invision's iAID, iFlow, and iVOD products across the same transportation-infrastructure customer base.
• Image Sensing Systems (Autoscope): ISS/Autoscope is a long-standing provider of video-based vehicle detection for intersections and highways, serving the same DOT and toll authority customer base with comparable detection and counting use cases.
• Quarterhill (including subsidiaries): Quarterhill's intelligent transportation systems business provides video-based tolling and traffic management solutions directly comparable to Invision's iVOD and iAID offerings. Already listed as an Invision partner.

Broad incumbents

• Teledyne FLIR: Teledyne FLIR supplies thermal imaging and intelligent transportation sensors used for traffic monitoring and incident detection — a broad incumbent with overlapping edge-based video analytics capabilities.
• Cubic Transportation Systems: Cubic provides tolling, fare collection, and traffic management solutions to transportation agencies — a broader incumbent addressing overlapping customer pain points around automated enforcement and revenue leakage.
• Kapsch TrafficCom: Kapsch is a global incumbent in tolling, traffic management, and connected vehicle systems, serving the same toll-road and highway-operator customer base as Invision with broader portfolio offerings.
• Siemens Mobility: Siemens Mobility provides intelligent traffic and rail systems globally — a broad incumbent competing for the same transit authority and highway operator budgets that Invision targets.

Emerging players

• Vivacity Labs: Vivacity Labs provides AI traffic analytics using camera-based sensors to optimize urban mobility and active travel — an emerging player with overlapping use cases in traffic counting and classification.
• NoTraffic: NoTraffic applies AI and computer vision at intersections for traffic management — an emerging player competing for similar smart-city and DOT budgets with intersection-level video analytics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors9 records

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M&A

Investments

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