C&R

What C&R does

C&R (legal entity: C&R Wise AI Limited, UK-domiciled) is an AI company that builds perception-based computer vision and edge-computing products for smart-city and industrial safety applications. The core platform is EdgeAI Studio, a low-code drag-and-drop environment that lets developers and analysts assemble machine-learning pipelines from 50+ pre-built models covering object detection, classification, OCR (8 languages), 17-keypoint pose estimation, anomaly detection, and tracking. AI inference runs locally on specialized hardware, including Apple M1 silicon, NVIDIA Jetson edge devices, and a solar-capable off-grid device, with a REST API and iOS/iPadOS/macOS companion app for field deployment. C&R monetizes through a three-tier SaaS structure (free Community, $399/month Business, custom Enterprise) plus usage fees ($0.1/min cloud stream, $500 per 1M API calls) and custom professional-services AI solutions for named enterprise clients including Hong Kong's public train system and Hong Kong International Airport.

Name

C&R

Legal name

C&R Wise AI Limited

Website

https://cnr.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

C&R is a UK-domiciled AI company that builds edge-deployed computer vision software and hardware for smart cities, transportation, construction safety, and industrial monitoring, sold via the EdgeAI Studio low-code platform and custom enterprise contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Edge AI & Computer Vision Platform

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

On-Device Inference Runtimes & SDKs (mobile/embedded) (HDAAAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Edge AI Hardware & NPUs (SoCs, modules, accelerators) (HDAAAJAC), Edge AI Deployment, Orchestration & OTA Model Updates (HDAAAJAI), Industrial Edge Computing & Gateways (IMAIAMAC)

Keywords

• Edge AI platform
• Computer vision software
• Low-code machine learning
• Smart city analytics
• AI perception systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Wan Chai

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Business Tier: Monthly subscription at USD 399 per month for Business tier, includes 5 users, unlimited blocks, private sharing, 10GB storage, email support, SLA guarantee, cloud deployment, and custom SSO in Enterprise tier.
2. Subscription - Enterprise Tier: Enterprise tier with custom pricing (Call) offering unlimited users, unlimited storage, white label options, custom SSO (including ADFS and LDAP), monetization module, hotline support.
3. Cloud Stream Fee: Usage-based fee of USD 0.1 per minute for cloud stream processing in Business and Enterprise tiers.
4. Cloud API Fee: Usage-based API call fees at USD 500 per 1 million calls for Business tier, with custom packages for Enterprise.
5. Custom AI Solutions: Fully customized and optimized AI solutions provided to companies across various industries for specific use cases like smart people flow, crowd management, and physical security.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

C&R develops and sells EdgeAI Studio, a low-code AI platform with 50+ pre-built computer vision models that enables developers and analysts to build, train, and deploy machine-learning pipelines for object detection, classification, OCR, pose estimation, anomaly detection, and tracking. The platform runs locally on edge hardware (NVIDIA Jetson, Apple M1, RTX GPUs) with off-grid capability, and is paired with the EdgeAI App for iOS/iPadOS/macOS as a standalone edge device. C&R also provides fully customized AI solutions across government, transportation, oil & gas, property, and construction verticals, including Smart People Flow, Crowd Management, Physical Security, Hardhat OSH, Hazardous Behavior Detection, and Visual Demographics.

Product overview

C&R is an AI company that makes cities smarter through perception-based AI and edge computing. The core product is EdgeAI Studio, a low-code AI platform with three tiers: Community (free), Business (USD 399/month), and Enterprise (custom). EdgeAI Studio enables users to build ML pipelines using 50+ pre-built models for computer vision tasks including classification, object detection, pose estimation, OCR, and anomaly detection. The platform connects to companion EdgeAI App (iOS/iPadOS/macOS) for ML acceleration and edge deployment. C&R also offers industry-specific AI solutions including Smart People Flow (transportation), Physical Security, Crowd Management, Hardhat OSH (construction), Hazardous Behavior Detection (oil & gas), and Visual Demographics (retail). Solutions run on specialized EdgeAI hardware devices capable of edge deployment and off-grid operation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EdgeAI Studio: A low-code AI platform which enables business analysts, software developers and data scientists to create and build AI and machine-learning models and pipelines without writing many codes. Supports features including Classifier, Detector, OCR, Pose, Anomaly, and Track models.

Products and services

• EdgeAI Studio Low-code AI platform with drag-and-drop interface and 50+ pre-built computer vision models for building, training, and deploying machine-learning pipelines for classification, object detection, OCR, pose estimation, anomaly detection, and tracking. Sold via Community (free), Business (USD 399/month), and Enterprise (custom) tiers to developers, data scientists, and enterprise teams.
• EdgeAI App Companion application for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that accelerates ML operations in EdgeAI Studio and runs standalone as an edge device for executing pipelines. Sold to developers and enterprise teams needing on-device AI deployment.
• EdgeAI Device Specialized edge computing hardware that runs C&R's AI algorithms locally, compatible with NVIDIA Jetson TX2, TX2 NX, Xavier NX, and other supported accelerators. Supports off-grid operation on renewable energy. Sold to enterprise and government buyers deploying AI at remote or infrastructure-light sites.
• Visual Analytics Solution Custom perception-based AI solution powered by machine learning and edge computing for real-time visual analytics, offered as bespoke engagements to companies across industries for city-level and facility analytics.
• Smart People Flow - Waiting Time Indicator Vision-based AI solution that estimates passenger wait times at transit stations using mathematical models and machine learning. Deployed for the Hong Kong public train system. Sold to public transport operators.
• Physical Security - Trespasser Detection Self-calibrating AI-based intrusion detection that adapts to environmental changes to minimize false positives for facility security. Sold to government and commercial facility operators.
• Crowd Management - Smart Digital Signage AI-driven signage management system that automates crowd flow optimization and emergency signage updates for high-volume terminals. Deployed at Hong Kong Airport. Sold to airport and transit operators.
• Hardhat OSH - Construction Safety Edge-AI construction safety solution for real-time hardhat and PPE detection with low-latency alerting that accounts for break times and site boundaries. Sold to construction companies and engineering services firms.
• Hazardous Behavior Detection - Oil & Gas

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% accuracy in peak hours for train waiting time estimation
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability11 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Apple (M1/M1 Pro/M1 Max/M1 Ultra)coreTechnology or IntegrationApple M1 processors are supported as neural engine accelerators in EdgeAI Studio. Training capabilities include CoreML models for classifier and detector. Apple M1 provides up to 100 FPS for classifier models. EdgeAI App runs natively on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationNVIDIA processors supported including GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 3080 for Tensorflow models. EdgeAI runtime supported on Jetson TX2, Jetson TX2 NX, and Jetson Xavier NX embedded devices for edge deployment.
• Microsoft Azure Custom VisioncoreTechnology or IntegrationAzure Custom Vision integration enables training of classifier and detector models in EdgeAI Studio. Supports CoreML and Tensorflow formats. Requires Azure subscription and training key configuration.
• Amazon Web Services (S3)coreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon S3 storage engine supported in Business and Enterprise tiers for storing pipeline data, models, and media assets.
• Microsoft Azure (Blob Storage)coreTechnology or IntegrationAzure Blob Storage supported as storage engine option in Business and Enterprise tiers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• SenseTime: Hong Kong-headquartered computer vision powerhouse with smart-city deployments. Closely comparable to C&R in Hong Kong roots and city-scale vision applications, but at vastly greater scale and resources.

Direct peers

• alwaysAI: Edge-focused computer vision platform emphasizing on-device deployment on NVIDIA Jetson and other hardware. Closely aligned with C&R's edge-first positioning and Jetson support.
• Roboflow: Low-code computer vision platform with pre-built models, dataset management, and deployment tooling. Directly comparable to EdgeAI Studio in offering developers a fast path to building and shipping vision pipelines.
• Landing AI: Enterprise computer vision platform with low-code tooling and domain-specific models. Comparable to C&R's EdgeAI Studio approach of abstracting model training and deployment for non-ML experts.
• Clarifai: AI platform offering pre-trained vision models, custom training, and edge/cloud deployment. Competes with EdgeAI Studio on low-code model building and multi-environment inference.

Broad incumbents

• NVIDIA (Jetson / TAO ecosystem): Provides edge AI hardware (Jetson) plus the TAO toolkit for vision model development. C&R integrates with and partially competes against NVIDIA's developer ecosystem for Jetson-based deployments.
• Google Vertex AI Vision: Google's managed vision offering within Vertex AI. Competes broadly with EdgeAI Studio for customers building classification, detection, and OCR pipelines at scale.
• AWS Panorama: Amazon's edge-to-cloud computer vision service for on-premises video analytics. Overlaps directly with C&R's smart-city and crowd-management use cases at enterprise scale.
• Microsoft Azure Custom Vision: Hyperscaler-managed vision training and inference service integrated into the Azure stack. C&R integrates with it as a training backend but competes against it for end-to-end vision workloads.

Emerging players

• Viso.ai: Low-code computer vision platform with edge deployment emphasis. Closely comparable to C&R's EdgeAI Studio as an alternative for enterprises building vision applications without deep ML expertise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/candrholdings
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/c-r-wise-ai-limited

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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