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Ambient.ai funding, valuation and investors

Computer-vision intelligence platform for enterprise physical security.

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Funding, valuation & investors

Answer-first snapshot

Latest funding

Series A

$52M · 2022

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$52M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series a · Menlo Park, California

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Ambient.ai provides computer vision software that analyzes security camera feeds to detect physical threats and suspicious behaviors — gun detection, perimeter breaches, fights — without using facial recognition. Enterprise security teams use Ambient to reduce false alarms and speed response vs. legacy motion-triggered systems. The company exited stealth in 2022 with a $52M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, reporting Fortune 500 customers at launch.

Why Ambient.ai is interesting

Behavior-level threat detection without facial recognition — Fortune 500 customers at stealth exit on $52M Series A led by a16z.

Product & use cases

Ambient.ai connects to existing IP cameras and VMS systems, applying deep learning to classify security-relevant events in real time — alerting operators with context clips while avoiding biometric identification privacy concerns.

  • Corporate campus gun and weapon detection on existing camera networks
  • Retail and warehouse perimeter intrusion alerts with behavior context
  • Security operations centers reducing nuisance alarms from raw motion analytics

Key facts

  • Series A (2022): $52M led by a16z at stealth exit — TechCrunch
  • Fortune 500 customers reported at launch
  • Behavior detection without facial recognition

Funding history (newest first)

Series A

2022 $52M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2022/ambient-ai-series-a

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Andreessen Horowitz

Competitive landscape

Edge: Behavior-centric models without facial recognition simplify enterprise procurement in privacy-sensitive jurisdictions while still detecting high-severity events competitors miss with pixel-motion rules.

Enterprise physical security is crowded but AI threat detection is upgrading cycle. Ambient's privacy positioning (no FR) opens doors European and corporate policies block. a16z $52M Series A funds scale against well-funded camera platforms adding native AI.

  • Verkada adjacent

    Camera hardware + cloud VMS; Ambient software-layer on existing cameras.

  • Evolvev / ZeroEyes direct

    Gun detection AI on cameras; overlapping school and enterprise buyers.

  • BriefCam / Avigilon incumbent

    Video analytics incumbents; Ambient AI-native threat taxonomy.

Notable stories

  • Ambient exited stealth with Fortune 500 logos already deployed — rare enterprise security startup with production scale at Series A announcement (TechCrunch, 2022).

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Cybersecurity Enterprise SaaS

FAQs about Ambient.ai

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Ambient.ai analyzes security camera video with AI to detect physical threats and suspicious behaviors — without facial recognition.
Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led the $52M Series A in 2022 per TechCrunch.
Ambient emphasizes behavior-level detection without facial recognition — privacy differentiation in enterprise sales.
2022, $52M, coinciding with stealth exit.
Verkada sells cameras and VMS. Ambient is software integrating with existing camera infrastructure.
Gun/weapon indicators, intrusions, fights, and similar security events per product materials.
Fortune 500 enterprises reported at Series A; verticals include corporate campuses and commercial facilities.
Menlo Park, California area.
Series A ($52M, 2022).
No public profitability disclosure.
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