Lanthorn.ai

Name

Lanthorn.ai

Legal name

Lanthorn

Website

https://lanthorn.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Video Analytics Software

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/Analytics Video Surveillance (Detection, LPR, People Counting) (HSAHACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Video Analytics & AI Security Solutions Integration (LPR, Facial, Behavior) (BPAKAGAK)

Keywords

• Video analytics software
• Occupancy monitoring systems
• Edge AI computing
• Computer vision platform
• People counting analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

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. Per-Camera Subscription (Lite, Pro, Enterprise): Lanthorn charges per camera stream on a monthly or annual subscription basis. Tiers include Lite (1-2 cameras, free), Pro (3-10 cameras, $30/camera/month), and Enterprise (unlimited cameras, contact sales). Multi-camera deployments are the primary revenue driver.
2. Professional Services & Implementation: Commercial support and implementation services are offered as an add-on, particularly for enterprise deployments requiring managed setup and custom integrations.
3. Custom Dashboard White-Labeling: The Lanthorn dashboard can be white-labeled for customers who prefer their own branding, and new metrics/visualizations can be added depending on customer needs, representing a customization services revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Lanthorn.ai is an AI-enabled video analytics platform that transforms existing IP cameras into smart occupancy and safety sensors. The software detects people, measures social distancing, identifies face mask usage, and tracks entry/exit counts in real time, processing all data on edge devices or local servers. It delivers analytics, alerts, heatmaps, and API integrations to corporate facilities, restaurants, property managers, fulfillment centers, and educational institutions.

Product overview

Lanthorn.ai is an AI-enabled video analytics platform consisting of two core integrated products: Perception (the AI engine) and Insight (the analytics layer), both supported by a web-based Dashboard. Perception is powered by the open-source Neuralet tech engine and runs computer vision models on existing IP cameras via edge or cloud deployment. It detects people, calculates social distancing distances, and identifies face mask usage. Insight aggregates this data into risk maps, occupancy reports, and configurable alerts. The platform is offered in three pricing tiers — Lite (free, 1–2 cameras), Pro ($30/camera/month, 3–10 cameras), and Enterprise (unlimited cameras, managed deployment) — and charges per camera stream.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lanthorn Perception: AI engine that automatically detects people's location using existing monitoring cameras. Acts as a data harvester that stores data on-site using edge computing.
• Lanthorn Insight
• Neuralet

Products and services

• Lanthorn Perception AI-powered computer vision engine that automatically detects people, calculates distance between individuals, and identifies face mask usage from existing IP camera feeds. Acts as the data harvester for the Lanthorn platform, processing video locally on edge devices or cloud infrastructure. Targets businesses needing occupancy, social distancing, and safety analytics.
• Lanthorn Insight Data analytics and reporting dashboard that displays occupancy density, risk maps, charts, and custom notifications and alerts for health and safety decision-makers. Incorporates both on-premises data and external sources such as government or health institution data.
• Lanthorn Dashboard Web-based dashboard providing live and historical occupancy analytics, heatmaps, social distancing and mask usage reports, area-level aggregated data, high-risk hour/location identification, and configurable occupancy threshold alerts. Available in Basic and Advanced tiers and white-labelable for customers.
• Professional Services & Implementation Commercial support and implementation services offered as an add-on for enterprise deployments requiring managed setup, on-premise or private cloud configuration, and custom integrations with building analytics, HVAC, lighting, and tenant applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• AI face mask classifier outperforms all published models working on CCTV video streams, classifying 2,000 faces per second on TPU.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UptimocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 April 2021Lanthorn.ai and Uptimo (a real estate management company based in Sherbrooke, QC) announced a collaboration agreement on April 27, 2021 to bring AI solutions into property management. The partnership aims to increase operating income by reducing costs and increasing tenant satisfaction through enhanced experiences. Use cases include snow detection outside entrances for tenant safety and occupancy mapping to optimize cleaning and maintenance. This is a bidirectional strategic partnership where Lanthorn provides AI video analytics and Uptimo provides property management expertise and market access.
• NeuraletcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2019Neuralet is Lanthorn's technology engine and R&D arm, founded in December 2019 as an open-source project in Edge AI and Machine Learning. It provides the open-source platform for edge deep learning models that underpins Lanthorn's computer vision engine. Neuralet gained immediate attention from developer communities and Big Tech companies. The Neuralet FaceMask100K dataset (50K+ images) was created by Lanthorn's R&D team and powers the face mask detection feature. Lanthorn.ai was born from the Neuralet open-source project.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or IntegrationNVIDIA featured Lanthorn.ai as an AI application that can run on Jetson Nano and Jetson Nano 2GB developer boards. Lanthorn was featured in NVIDIA's official developer's kit video and promotional materials. The Jetson Nano is one of the primary supported edge devices for Lanthorn's software. TensorRT models are available for x86 GPU deployments, and Lanthorn's processor supports Nvidia docker toolkit integration.
• Google (Coral)coreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Coral Dev Board and Coral USB Accelerator are key supported edge devices for Lanthorn's video analytics software. Coral TPU integration enables efficient edge inference. Lanthorn's x86 configuration supports Coral USB Accelerator and is documented in their setup guides. Coral's Edge TPU enables high-speed face mask classification.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• IronYun: IronYun provides AI video analytics for security, retail, and smart-city applications including people counting, occupancy, and behavior detection on existing camera networks. It is a direct competitor to Lanthorn in the AI-on-existing-CCTV niche, especially for enterprise and public-sector deployments.
• Agent Video Intelligence (Agent Vi): Agent Vi is an AI video analytics vendor offering people counting, occupancy, and behavior detection for surveillance and operations use cases. It is a direct best-of-breed peer to Lanthorn in computer-vision analytics layered on top of existing camera infrastructure.
• BriefCam: BriefCam is a leading AI video analytics platform that turns existing surveillance cameras into searchable, quantifiable assets for security, safety, and operational intelligence. It overlaps directly with Lanthorn's occupancy, people counting, and behavior analytics on existing CCTV feeds, targeting similar enterprise security and operations buyers.
• Vaidio AI: Vaidio (by Vintra) is an AI video analytics platform that runs face, object, behavior, and occupancy analytics on existing IP cameras for enterprise and public-sector customers. It competes head-to-head with Lanthorn in AI analytics on legacy camera infrastructure, with a similar horizontal use-case set spanning safety, security, and operations.
• Ipsotek (Atos): Ipsotek, now part of Eviden/Atos, provides AI video analytics solutions for crowd management, people counting, and behavioral detection in transport, retail, and public-sector deployments. It directly overlaps with Lanthorn's occupancy and crowd-analytics use cases on existing CCTV.

Broad incumbents

• Genetec: Genetec is a large VMS and physical-security platform vendor whose Security Center and ClearView AI integrations cover occupancy, people counting, and video analytics. It competes with Lanthorn primarily via bundled analytics in its broader unified security platform rather than as a pure analytics specialist.
• Axis Communications: Axis is a global network camera and analytics vendor with edge-based AI analytics apps including people counting and occupancy. As a broad incumbent, Axis competes with Lanthorn via native edge analytics running on its own camera hardware, leveraging its massive installed base.
• Avigilon (Motorola Solutions): Avigilon, owned by Motorola Solutions, offers video surveillance hardware and AI analytics (appearance search, unusual motion detection, occupancy) as part of an end-to-end platform. It is a broad incumbent competitor with overlapping occupancy and analytics capabilities bundled with cameras and VMS.

Emerging players

• Cortexica Vision Systems: Cortexica applies computer vision to retail and physical-space analytics including people counting, dwell time, and demographic analytics. It overlaps with Lanthorn's occupancy and footfall analytics for retail and commercial real estate customers as an AI-vision specialist.
• Rhombus Systems: Rhombus is a cloud-managed physical security platform combining cameras with AI analytics for occupancy, people counting, and environmental sensors. It is an emerging player that overlaps with Lanthorn's occupancy use case but primarily through its own hardware+cloud bundle rather than a software-only edge offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LanthornAI
• GitHubgithub.com/neuralet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lanthorn

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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