Hummingbirds AI

What Hummingbirds AI does

Hummingbirds AI is a privately held U.S. company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Aventura, Florida, that builds privacy-first continuous authentication software under the Guacamole™ brand. Its flagship products — Guacamole, GuacamoleID (the Windows desktop enterprise application) and the newer GuacamoleCX — perform continuous facial recognition authentication entirely on-device using standard RGB cameras, combining computer vision, machine learning and neuroscience-inspired methods including gaze-based liveness detection and randomized eye-movement prompts to defeat spoofing. The system auto-locks devices when the user walks away and auto-unlocks on return, integrates with Zoom, Teams and Google Meet via a virtual camera, and ships with shoulder-surfing screen blur and audit-grade event logging. Enterprise editions add a server component deployable on container-compatible platforms and an MSI-based mass deployment path for Windows estates.

The company targets verticals that face high authentication friction — healthcare, finance and banking, BPO and outsourcing, manufacturing, government, and personal/remote workers — with healthcare and finance positioned as primary. It monetizes through software subscription licensing for connected enterprise deployments plus one-time licenses for the standalone Windows desktop application, with all sales routed through demo requests, sales consultation and ROI analysis rather than publicly disclosed pricing tiers. Distribution runs along three channels: direct enterprise field sales for large deployments, the Intel Storefront (with OpenVINO hardware acceleration) for channel reach, and self-serve Windows desktop downloads for individual users. The company lists HIPAA, GDPR and CJIS compliance and has received industry recognition including TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 top picks and the 2022 Vision Tank Judges' Award from the Edge AI + Vision Alliance.

Leadership comprises CEO Dr. Nima Schei (co-creator of BELBIC, the first emotionally-inspired AI-based controller), CMO Sara Zargaran (covering partnership development across Europe and the Americas), and CTO Dr. Hamed Tabkhi (founder of the TeCSAR research lab at UNC Charlotte). Ownership remains with the founders; no parent company, institutional funding rounds, acquisitions, or subsidiaries are disclosed in the input data.

Name

Hummingbirds AI

Legal name

Hummingbirds AI Inc

Website

https://hummingbirds.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hummingbirds AI builds Guacamole™, a privacy-first, on-device continuous facial authentication platform that auto-locks devices and protects screens for healthcare, finance, BPO, manufacturing, government and remote-work users across enterprise and self-serve deployments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription License: The EULA and company materials reference subscription-based licensing for the Guacamole software, with different tiers for standalone and connected enterprise editions. Enterprise editions include a server component deployable on container-compatible platforms.
2. Windows Desktop Application: GuacamoleID is distributed as a Windows Desktop application with MSI Windows mass deployment installer for enterprise rollouts across multiple devices.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hummingbirds AI develops and sells Guacamole™, a privacy-first, edge-based continuous authentication platform that uses on-device computer vision and facial recognition to verify user identity throughout an active session. The software performs real-time liveness detection, automatically locks devices when the user walks away, unlocks on return, and applies screen blur to block shoulder-surfing, with all biometric data processed locally and no cloud transmission.

Product overview

Hummingbirds AI offers Guacamole™ as its flagship product line—a privacy-first continuous authentication platform. The primary offering is Guacamole™ (including the GuacamoleID Windows desktop application) which provides edge-based, touchless continuous facial authentication that automatically locks devices when users leave and unlocks upon return. The company previously offered DoBushi, a home security application, before pivoting to enterprise authentication solutions in late 2020. All products process data locally on-device with no cloud dependency, ensuring complete privacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Guacamole: Continuous touchless authentication software that provides real-time facial recognition and screen privacy protection.
• GuacamoleID
• GuacamoleCX

Products and services

• Guacamole™ Edge-based, privacy-first continuous authentication platform that locks the device when the user leaves, unlocks on return, and protects the screen from prying eyes—all without the cloud, passwords, or interruptions. Delivers 99.9% facial matching accuracy, 99.8% spoof protection, and 30 ms response time.
• GuacamoleID Windows desktop application delivering touchless continuous facial authentication for enterprise security, with shoulder-surfing protection, anti-spoofing, dark mode, and access audit logs. Enterprise editions include a server component deployable on container-compatible platforms and MSI mass-deployment for thousands of devices.
• GuacamoleCX Customer-experience focused variant of the Guacamole authentication platform, extending continuous authentication capabilities to customer-facing use cases.

Quantifiable outcome

• Healthcare workers save 2+ hours per shift by eliminating password authentication friction
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IntelcoreTechnology or IntegrationHummingbirds AI's Guacamole is listed on the Intel Storefront as Guacamole Continuous AI-driven authentication. The product is optimized for Intel platforms with OpenVINO acceleration for maximum performance. This partnership provides enterprise distribution through Intel's partner ecosystem and validates the technology's compatibility with Intel hardware.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HYPR: HYPR provides passwordless and continuous identity assurance using biometric and behavioral signals for enterprise authentication — directly comparable to Hummingbirds AI's continuous facial authentication approach for the same regulated buyer.
• Beyond Identity: Beyond Identity delivers passwordless, device-bound biometric authentication with risk-based continuous verification, competing for the same enterprise authentication budget and security-conscious verticals as Hummingbirds AI.
• 1Kosmos: 1Kosmos offers decentralized identity and biometric authentication with strong identity-proofing and workforce access use cases, overlapping directly with Hummingbirds AI's enterprise authentication focus in regulated industries.
• Keyless: Keyless provides privacy-preserving biometric authentication using on-device processing — architecturally aligned with Hummingbirds AI's edge-first approach and aimed at similar enterprise authentication and anti-spoofing use cases.

Emerging players

• TypingDNA: TypingDNA focuses on behavioral biometric continuous authentication based on typing patterns, representing an alternative modality for the same continuous-authentication problem Hummingbirds AI solves with facial recognition.
• Nymi: Nymi provides continuous biometric authentication via a wearable device for workforce identity, overlapping with Hummingbirds AI's continuous-authentication value proposition in regulated industries such as healthcare and manufacturing.
• Aware Inc: Aware provides biometric identity and authentication software components used by enterprises and governments — a comparable biometric-authentication technology vendor serving overlapping regulated buyers.
• ID.me: ID.me delivers identity verification and multi-factor authentication with strong traction in government, healthcare, and financial services — competing for the same regulated-vertical identity budgets as Hummingbirds AI.

Broad incumbents

• Okta: Okta is a leading identity and access management platform covering MFA, SSO, and workforce authentication — a broad incumbent against which Hummingbirds AI must position its continuous-authentication differentiator.
• Microsoft Entra (Azure AD): Microsoft Entra is the dominant workforce identity platform bundled with Microsoft 365 and Windows — a major incumbent in enterprise authentication that Hummingbirds AI must displace or integrate alongside in its enterprise sales motions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aihummingbirds
• Facebookfacebook.com/aihummingbirds
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hummingbirds-ai

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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