Applied Information

What Applied Information does

Applied Information is a privately held intelligent transportation systems company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. It develops the Glance Smart City Supervisory System, a cloud-based IoT platform that connects, monitors, and controls traffic infrastructure including traffic signals, school zone beacons, emergency vehicle preemption units, transit signal priority modules, and C-V2X roadside units. The platform uses cellular (4G LTE/5G-ready), C-V2X, and 900MHz radio communications combined with GPS with dead reckoning, and is supported by proprietary hardware assembled in Alpharetta under Build America, Buy America compliance.

The company's product portfolio spans emergency vehicle preemption for fire and EMS agencies, connected school beacon and school bus safety systems, adaptive transit signal priority for bus operators, freight signal priority with Geotab fleets, C-V2X roadside and onboard units for connected vehicles, the TravelSafely smartphone app, Glance Video+ live streaming, AI-500-022 street light monitoring, and Glance Convenient Security with ASSA ABLOY. Underlying the portfolio is the iATL (Infrastructure Automotive Technology Laboratory) at headquarters, the world's first facility for co-testing connected vehicle technology with automakers and infrastructure manufacturers. The company holds 11+ U.S. patents including a C-V2X bandwidth optimization patent and multiple registered trademarks.

Applied Information generates revenue through a hybrid model combining proprietary hardware sales, recurring Glance cloud platform subscriptions, bundled cellular data plans, and certified installer professional services. It goes to market through 14+ regional distribution partners and the Glance Certified Installer Program, direct enterprise field sales to municipal and state transportation agencies, fire departments, and transit authorities, and active participation at industry events such as ITS America, FDIC, IMSA, ITE, APTA, and IAFC. Select named deployments span San Diego County, Baton Rouge, Cary NC, Houston Public Works, Hawaii DOT, Marietta and Milton fire departments, Fulton County Schools, and Gwinnett County DOT, with platform reach cited at 1,850+ state and local transportation agencies across North America and subsidiary operations in Cape Town, South Africa and Chandigarh, India.

Name

Applied Information

Legal name

Applied Information, Inc.

Website

https://appinfoinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Applied Information develops the Glance Smart City Supervisory System, a cloud-based IoT platform that connects and manages traffic signals, school beacons, emergency vehicle preemption, transit priority, and C-V2X infrastructure for transportation agencies, fire/EMS, transit, and schools across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Alpharetta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Glance Hardware Products: Sale of proprietary hardware devices including Field Monitoring Units (AI-500-085 series), Vehicle Preempt Units (AI-500-065), Roadside Units (AI-500-095), School Beacon Timer Switches (AI-500-070), Low Power Monitors (AI-500-030), and other ITS infrastructure equipment. Hardware is designed, assembled, and tested in Alpharetta, Georgia.
2. Glance Cloud Platform Subscription: Ongoing subscription revenue from the Glance cloud-based software platform that provides monitoring, control, and management of connected ITS devices. Platform accessible on mobile and desktop.
3. Cellular Data Plans: Cellular modem data plans bundled with hardware products for device connectivity to the Glance cloud platform.
4. Glance Certified Installer Program: Training and certification revenue from the Glance Certified Installer Program for channel partners who install, commission, and maintain Applied Information solutions.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Applied Information develops and sells the Glance Smart City Supervisory System, a cloud-based IoT platform that connects, monitors, and controls intelligent transportation infrastructure including traffic signals, school beacons, emergency vehicles, and connected vehicle systems. The company also manufactures proprietary hardware devices (field monitoring units, vehicle preempt units, C-V2X roadside units, low power monitors, school beacon timers) designed, assembled, and tested in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Product overview

Applied Information's product portfolio centers on the Glance cloud-based Smart City Supervisory System, a unified IoT platform for managing intelligent transportation infrastructure. The core Glance platform provides real-time visibility, monitoring, and control of all connected ITS devices from a single web and mobile interface. Surrounding this platform are purpose-built hardware products organized into solution categories: Emergency Vehicle Preemption (AI-500-065 VPU, AI-500-085 FMU, AI-500-087 ODA) provides GPS/cellular-based green lights for emergency responders; School & Pedestrian Safety (AI-500-070 School Beacon Timer Switch, AI-500-030 LPM for RRFBs, Connected School Bus System) protects students and vulnerable road users; Transit Signal Priority (Glance TSP including Adaptive TSP for Near-Side Stops) helps buses stay on schedule; Freight Signal Priority integrates with Geotab fleets to reduce truck stops; Connected Vehicles (AI-500-095 C-V2X RSU, AI-500-065-02 OBU, TravelSafely smartphone app) enables vehicle-to-infrastructure communications; Video+ provides live traffic video streaming; Street Light Monitoring (AI-500-022 SLM) manages individual street lights; and Convenient Security (AI-500-035 LCU, AI-500-036 LMU with ASSA ABLOY locks) secures traffic cabinets. Supporting infrastructure includes the AI-500-052 Remote Network Unit and the AI-500-050 Flood Monitor Unit. The company also operates the iATL (Infrastructure Automotive Technology Laboratory), the world's first connected vehicle testing facility, and offers a Glance Certified Installer Program for qualified partners. BABA-compliant hardware is designed, assembled, and tested in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Glance: Cloud-based smart city supervisory system platform for managing traffic and ITS assets, including preemption, priority, and monitoring capabilities.
• iATL
• TravelSafely
• Glance Cares

Quantifiable outcome

• 15% increase in emergency trips and 25% increase in green lights year-over-year in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration57 records

AI capability9 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered regional, core and minor.

• Brandmotion SolutionsregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 6 April 2026Named Glance Certified Installer by Applied Information. Brandmotion Solutions joins the certification program ensuring high-quality deployment of connected transportation systems.
• Carrier & GableregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 17 March 2026Distribution partnership to deploy Glance ITS solutions in Michigan, focusing on emergency vehicle preemption systems. Partnership aims to improve response times and safety at signalized intersections across Michigan.
• GeotabcoreTechnology or Integration · 4 November 2025Strategic partnership to deliver freight signal priority for Geotab-equipped fleets. The collaboration integrates Geotab GO telematics devices with Applied Information's Glance Smart City Platform to enhance traffic efficiency. Vehicles approaching connected traffic signals can request early or extended green lights, reducing travel times up to 47% as demonstrated in Tuscaloosa, AL pilot. Partnership also covers public works and commercial fleet applications.
• AudicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 March 2024Partnership with Audi to demonstrate first use of C-V2X technology for passenger vehicles to request green lights. Demonstrated at TxDOT Connected Vehicle Innovation Summit in Houston using Audi e-tron equipped with C-V2X Direct. Also partnered on connected school bus technology with Blue Bird school buses.
• HAAS AlertcoreTechnology or Integration · 13 March 2024HAAS Alert's Safety Cloud platform delivers vehicle location data to Applied Information's cloud platform for green light requests. Partnership enables cellular-connected vehicles (80 million+ passenger cars) to communicate with traffic signals through HAAS Alert's cloud infrastructure.
• Assa AbloycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovative partnership delivering Convenient Security solution for traffic cabinets. Combines Applied Information's IoT hardware and Glance cloud platform with Assa Abloy's smart locking devices. Enables remote monitoring, three-factor authentication, and smartphone-based access to traffic infrastructure.
• WazecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration of Applied Information's IoT connected traffic control devices and emergency vehicles into Waze app. Provides drivers, first responders, and vulnerable road users with alerts about school zones, emergency vehicles, traffic signals, and other road safety information.
• NavistarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to develop and demonstrate safety-enhancing C-V2X technology in Navistar emergency vehicles and school buses. Part of Volkswagen Group collaboration for connected vehicle safety applications.
• Temple, Inc.regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal partner for 5G-connected vehicle technology deployment in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Temple is a certified distributor and installer of Applied Information products.
• Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTxDOT collaborated with Applied Information to develop and demonstrate connected vehicle technology including the first C-V2X green light application for passenger vehicles in Houston. TxDOT Houston Project Coordinator Steve Chiu described the technology as 'revolutionary change from passive to proactive detection.'
• Western ITSregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFirst organization to achieve Glance Certified Installer status, setting the benchmark for excellence in connected ITS deployment. Western ITS exemplifies the expertise the certification program recognizes with track record across traffic signals, school zones, and public safety corridors.
• University of Alabama / Alabama DOTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for freight signal priority study spanning 26 intersections on a freight corridor. Study demonstrated up to 47% reduction in travel times with no negative impact on other traffic.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Iteris: Publicly traded smart-mobility infrastructure company offering ITS sensors, software and managed services to transportation agencies, competing broadly with Glance's traffic management platform.
• Econolite: Established ITS provider of traffic signal controllers, detection and management software for cities and DOTs, overlapping Applied Information's traffic and intersection management products across a wider portfolio.
• Cubic Transportation Systems: Provides intelligent transportation and traffic management technology (including GRIDSMART), overlapping with Applied Information's connected intersection and ITS solutions for public agencies.
• Yunex Traffic (Siemens): Global intelligent traffic systems supplier providing signal control, V2X and adaptive traffic management, a large-scale incumbent competing for the same agency deployments.

Regional players

• Q-Free: Norway-based ITS company offering tolling, traffic management and signal solutions, comparable in product scope but primarily serving European and global markets outside Applied Information's North American base.
• Kapsch TrafficCom: Austria-headquartered provider of ITS, tolling and traffic management systems with comparable smart-mobility offerings but a primarily international footprint relative to Applied Information's US/Canada focus.

Direct peers

• Miovision: Provides a cloud-connected traffic intelligence and intersection management platform with connected hardware for municipalities, closely overlapping Glance's smart-city monitoring and signal optimization offering.
• Global Traffic Technologies (Opticom): Maker of the Opticom emergency vehicle preemption and transit signal priority systems sold to fire, EMS and transit agencies, directly competing with Applied Information's core preemption and priority business.

Emerging players

• Derq: V2X and AI intersection-safety platform connecting infrastructure with vehicles and vulnerable road users, overlapping Applied Information's C-V2X and connected-vehicle safety applications.
• Rekor Systems: AI-driven roadway intelligence and traffic data platform serving DOTs and public safety agencies, intersecting with Applied Information's connected-data and smart-city analytics direction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/AppliedInformationIncSuwanee/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/appliedinformation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/applied-information-inc

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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