Intenseye

What it does

Intenseye runs computer vision on video from industrial sites to flag unsafe acts and conditions, such as PPE non-compliance, forklift and pedestrian interactions, entry into danger zones and spills. Its product range now includes an EHS suite, ergonomics analysis, visual analytics, an AI assistant called Chief, and a "hard stop" capability. In November 2025 it launched Sentinel, a hardware suite of purpose-built devices around a central hub that the company says detects speed, proximity, heat, motion and restricted-zone entry and can act on risk in under a second.

Who it is for

Intenseye's industry pages cover automotive, building materials, chemicals, food and beverage, industrial manufacturing, metals and steel, paper and packaging, air cargo and warehousing. It was founded in 2018 by Sercan Esen and Serhat Cillidag and is headquartered in New York, with offices in Europe and Turkey. At its Series B the company said it had customers in more than 30 industries across 25 countries.

How it is deployed

The core software connects to existing CCTV. Sentinel adds on-site devices and a hub built on NVIDIA Jetson processors; Intenseye says the hub processes video locally and also connects to existing cameras, so legacy and new devices feed one system. The company has described privacy measures that strip personally identifiable information from video and says customer data is not shared or reused to train models for others. Any configuration that stops machinery should be reviewed as part of the site's machine safety controls.

Notable public customers and coverage

Intenseye raised a $64 million Series B in February 2024, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with Insight Partners, Point Nine and Air Street Capital, taking total funding above $90 million. In the Sentinel launch, CRH Building Products said it had achieved machinery stops in under one second when workers approached hazard zones; this is a customer statement in a vendor release. The company has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

Things to ask in an evaluation

• Which features need Sentinel hardware and which work on existing CCTV alone?
• How is a hard stop integrated with existing machine guarding, and who signs off the functional safety review?
• How are privacy filters applied, and can authorized investigators ever see unblurred footage?
• What precision and recall does the system achieve on your site's footage, by detection type?
• How are EHS suite modules priced relative to the detection product?
• What does deployment look like in sites with poor lighting, steam or dust?