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Ambient.ai

AI company transforming enterprise physical security to prevent…

ambient.ai
HQ: San Jose, CA, USA
51-200
B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Overview

Ambient.ai is an AI-powered enterprise physical security platform and self-described creator of 'Agentic Physical Security.' Public sources vary on the founding year (official pages say 2016 on one page and 2017 on others), but the company is clearly positioned around turning existing cameras and access-control systems into proactive threat detection, investigation, and response tools for large enterprises.

Primary product

Ambient.ai platform for Agentic Physical Security, powered by Ambient Pulsar and product modules for Foundation, Advanced Forensics, Access Intelligence, and Threat Detection

Founded

2017

Headquarters

Redwood City, California, United States

Team size

140+

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

AI-powered physical security / computer vision intelligence

Offices

Redwood City, California, United States
San Jose, California, United States
Palo Alto, California, United States
Bengaluru, India
Pune, India

Business model

B2B enterprise SaaS
quote-based enterprise software
annual subscription / licensing

Funding

Stage

Series B

Total raised

$146.1M

Latest round

Series B · Apr 2025

Latest amount

$74M

People & investors

Leadership

Shikhar Shrestha

CEO & Co-founder

Vikesh Khanna

CTO & Co-founder

Noah Barr

Chief Financial Officer

Jeff Huisman

Chief Revenue Officer

Kiran Palan

SVP, Engineering

Alberto Farronato

Chief Marketing Officer

Pavel Yusupov

VP, Customer Success

Investors

Ali Rowghani
Allegion Ventures
Andreessen Horowitz
Charles Dietrich
Elad Gil
Frederic Kerrest
George Kurtz
Jyoti Bansal
Mark Leslie
Ron Conway
SV Angel
Y Combinator

Work & culture

Mission-driven and security-focused, with a strong emphasis on proactive prevention, team ownership, and inclusivity. The careers site presents the company as serious about the mission but people-oriented, with references to hiking, music, and food as team interests.

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Public benefits pages emphasize rich healthcare and equity-like upside (early option exercise) more than cash perks. Third-party workplace summaries suggest compensation can be attractive on healthcare and equity, while cash pay and variable sales incentives may be less compelling in some roles.

Benefits

95% medical premium coverage
75% dental and vision premium coverage
401(k) options via Guideline
early stock option exercise
flexible PTO
employee resource groups (ERGs)

Product & market

Pricing

Enterprise quote-based SaaS / licensing

Differentiators

  • —Agentic Physical Security positioning
  • —Ambient Pulsar reasoning VLM
  • —works with existing camera and access-control infrastructure
  • —privacy-by-design approach with no facial recognition emphasis
  • —150+ threat signatures
  • —false-alarm reduction and faster investigations
  • —AI-native video management / forensic search / access intelligence stack

Technology

Ambient Pulsar reasoning Vision-Language Model (VLM)
edge-optimized AI inference
computer vision
existing VMS/PACS integrations
OpenSearch
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
NVIDIA GPU acceleration
CUDA
PyTorch

Customers

Fortune 100 enterprises
Top 10 U.S. technology companies
Adobe
VMware
LinkedIn
TikTok USDS
SentinelOne
ISS
The Harker School
University of Northwestern – St. Paul
public transit agencies
Fortune 500 companies
enterprise campuses
schools
museums

Competitors

Arize AI
LandingAI
Samdesk
Cloudastructure
Solink
Actuate

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

USD 40M-$50M (public estimates; one public profile shows about $46M)

Estimated monthly visits

69.8K

sales@ambient.ai+1 650-228-0622

Latest news

Ambient.ai Doubles New Annual Recurring Revenue as Agentic Physical Security Reaches Inflection Point

Ambient.ai press · Feb 2026

The company said new ARR doubled in FY26 versus FY25 and that multiple Fortune 100 customers expanded to seven-figure contracts.

Introducing Ambient Pulsar: The Reasoning VLM that Unlocks Agentic Physical Security

Ambient.ai blog · Nov 2025

Ambient.ai launched Pulsar, its reasoning vision-language model, positioning it as the core engine for agentic physical security.

Statewide Transit Agency Enhances Safety and Operational Efficiency with Ambient.ai

Ambient.ai blog · Sep 2025

A transit-agency case study describes faster incident response, more proactive detection, and much faster investigations after deploying Ambient.ai.

Ambient.ai and NVIDIA Collaborate with Cosmos Reasoning Model to Advance Physical AI for Environmental Health & Safety

Ambient.ai blog · Aug 2025

Ambient.ai said it is collaborating with NVIDIA on physical AI / environmental health and safety, reinforcing its edge-optimized reasoning stack and partnership narrative.

Ambient.ai Unveils New Vision for Autonomous Physical Security with "Ambient Intelligence" Advanced AI Models

Business Wire · Dec 2024

The company introduced Ambient Intelligence as a major platform evolution, emphasizing contextual understanding and autonomous security operations.

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