Top 127 Computer Vision startups

Updated: Dec 14, 2025
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These companies develop new computer vision technologies, train CV models, create CV platforms and APIs or specific applications that allow to detect object on images or generate images.
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RealSense
Country: USA | Funding: $50M
RealSense develops and manufactures 3D computer vision cameras that enable humanoid robots to perceive the world similar to how humans use their eyes and depth perception. Its depth-camera supports Power over Ethernet and has built-in AI chip for image processing. The startup is an Intel spinoff and has a strategic partnership with NVIDIA (to create an AI robotic platform Jetson Thor Series). The company develops computer vision systems for robotics in various sectors, including healthcare, industrial automation and security. RealSense also partners with several companies to produce glasses for the blind, including Eyesynth.
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Metropolis
Country: USA | Funding: $3.5B
Metropolis is an AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility.
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SenseTime
Country: China | Funding: $2.9B
SenseTime is a leading Chinese company developing AI applications for various industries. It provides a cloud for creating AI systems – SenseCore AI, develops medical image analysis system, generative AI for business - SenseChat, image generation service SenseMirage, digital avatar generator SenseAvatar, intelligent programming assistant Code Raccoon, intelligent office assistant Office Raccoon, self-driving car autopilot, augmented reality systems and facial recognition technology. SenseTime Research is one of the most active authors of papers in the field of ML and AGI (that the company defines as fusion of multiple specialized AI services). The company has its own data center infrastructure and collaborates with dozens of leading universities and research institutes worldwide.
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Megvii
Country: China | Funding: $1.4B
Megvii develops Face++ Cognitive Services - a platform offering computer vision technologies that enable your applications to read and understand the world better. Face++ allows you to easily add leading, deep learning-based image analysis recognition technologies into your applications, with simple and powerful APIs and SDKs.
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Shield AI
Country: USA | Funding: $1.3B
Shield AI works with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal, state, and local departments and agencies to deliver next generation intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance systems. Shield AI’s first product, Nova, is a Hivemind-powered drone that searches buildings while simultaneously streaming video and generating maps.
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Trax
Country: Singapore | Funding: $1.1B
Trax is developing a system for stores that uses computer vision to collect real-time data on product availability on shelves, coolers, displays, bar taps, back rooms and in the inventory. After uploading images to the Trax cloud, every pixel is analyzed and products are identified using a comprehensive stock-keeping unit (SKU) database. The system verifies product placement and arrangement, comparing them with planograms and key performance indicators (KPIs). The system converts shelf data into metrics for performance monitoring, providing retail analytics that enables informed decisions, timely order placement and optimized inventory management. The company is also developing the Shopkick app for customer engagement that is based on geolocation and motivates customers to interact with stores that reward their loyalty.
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Verkada
Country: USA | Funding: $644.3M
Verkada is an IoT platform that combines plug-and-play security cameras with intelligent, cloud-based software.
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AEYE
Country: USA | Funding: $364.1M
AEye develops adaptive, high performance lidar systems for automotive, trucking, smart infrastructure and logistics applications.
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Standard Cognition
Country: USA | Funding: $239.4M
Standard Cognition is an artificial intelligence platform that allows buyers to grab what they want without having to go to a cashier.
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Recogni
Country: USA | Funding: $211.1M
Developer of a visual perception platform designed for autonomous driving.
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Trigo
Country: Israel | Funding: $199M
Trigo is a developer of AI-based automated retail checkout systems.
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Onfido
Country: UK | Funding: $188.8M
Onfido builds trust in an online world by helping businesses digitally verify people's identities. Our Identity Record Check cross-references your users’ details against a range of verified global databases and credit reference agencies.
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Tractable
Country: UK | Funding: $184.9M
Tractable builds deep learning tools for visual inspection that can perform faster, cheaper and more accurately than humans. Their technology automates an expert’s task at near zero marginal cost. Their focus is on computer vision and insurance claims.
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NAUTO
Country: USA | Funding: $173.9M
Nauto is an intelligent camera that protects commercial fleets and keeps drivers safe by preventing collisions before they occur.
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Buildots
Country: Israel | Funding: $166M
Buildots specializes in transforming construction sites into a data-driven digital environment. It is leveraging artificial intelligence computer vision technology to address construction inefficiencies.
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Slingshot Aerospace
Country: USA | Funding: $148.9M
Slingshot Aerospace applies advanced analytics, machine learning, computer vision, and collaborative tools to data from earth and space, providing customers with clarity in complex situations.
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Carbon Robotics
Country: USA | Funding: $143.9M
Carbon Robotics makes advanced robotics dramatically more accessible to help solve some of society's most intractable problems. Carbon Robotics’ revolutionary, high-precision CV approach improves crop yield
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ForwardX Robotics
Country: China | Funding: $137.8M
ForwardX Robotics specializes in R&D of computer vision robots that apply to consumer and business products.
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Airobotics
Country: Israel | Funding: $124.7M
Airobotics provides an end-to-end, fully automatic solution for collecting aerial data and gaining invaluable insights. The industrial grade platform is available on-site and on-demand, enabling industrial facilities to access premium aerial data in a faster, safer, more efficient way.
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Prophesee
Country: France | Funding: $111.4M
Prophesee develops innovative computer vision sensors and systems for applications in all fields of artificial vision. The sensor technology is inspired by biological eyes, acquiring and processing the visual information in an extremely performing yet highly efficient way.
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