Umbo Computer Vision builds AI-powered autonomous video security systems for businesses and public safety. Its product suite includes Umbo Light, a fast-learning AI that recognizes human behaviors critical to security (intrusion, tailgating, occupancy, wall scaling); Umbo TruePlatform, a cloud-based security management platform; and AiCameras that run Light AI on the edge or integrate with existing IP cameras via TruePlatform. The company plans to use new funding to accelerate global sales expansion and to improve its portfolio of AI-powered security products. Umbo is led by CEO Shawn Guan and maintains offices in San Francisco, London, and Taipei. The company has raised a total of $17.6M to date following the most recent round. Umbo Computer Vision is a San Francisco–based artificial intelligence company led by CEO Shawn Guan that provides autonomous video security products. Its core product, Light, is an autonomous vision intelligence platform accessible from desktops and mobile phones that understands events in real time. The company has processed over 2 billion live security images and recorded over 1.5 million user sessions to date. Umbo intends to use the new funding to continue development of Light, expand its product portfolio, advance computer vision R&D and recruit talent. Light recently added spatial-temporal information on top of scene-parsing to detect behavioral-related events and help identify suspicious activity before crimes occur. The platform can now detect and alert on unauthorized entry, physical violence, loitering, wall-scaling, and people and vehicle tally, with additional behavioral detections planned. Umbo CV develops AI-powered security cameras and a cloud-based management platform that identify suspicious activity and scan for anomalies across multiple cameras. The Taipei- and San Francisco-based startup has shipped its system to clients in Dubai, the United States, and Europe and plans to begin mass manufacturing next month. It has received $1.4 million in pre-orders and letters of intent from customers. The company raised a $2.8 million seed round and will use the funding for research and hiring. Founders include CEO Shawn Guan, CTO Ping-Lin Chang, and chief scientist Tingfan Wu, who have doctoral backgrounds in robotic vision. Umbo CV aims to differentiate from competitors like Huawei, Seagate, and AISight by combining images from multiple cameras to detect anomalies rather than relying solely on geometric models.

Total raised

$18M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Oct 2019