
Actuate is a company that provides AI-powered video analytics software designed to enhance security by transforming existing surveillance cameras into smart threat detection systems. Their software detects guns, intruders, crowds, and loitering in real-time, significantly reducing false positives by over 95%. The company targets various industries including schools, construction sites, hospitals, public spaces, industrial facilities, and central stations. Actuate's cloud-based, software-only solution integrates easily with existing camera systems without requiring new hardware. Their mission is to democratize access to affordable, responsive security using AI, improving safety outcomes and accelerating security response times while respecting privacy and minimizing AI bias. Actuate serves over 1,000 companies and schools, positioning itself as a leader in AI video security analytics with a strong focus on real-time threat detection and false alarm reduction.

Actuate is a company that provides AI-powered video analytics software designed to enhance security by transforming existing surveillance cameras into smart threat detection systems. Their software detects guns, intruders, crowds, and loitering in real-time, significantly reducing false positives by over 95%. The company targets various industries including schools, construction sites, hospitals, public spaces, industrial facilities, and central stations. Actuate's cloud-based, software-only solution integrates easily with existing camera systems without requiring new hardware. Their mission is to democratize access to affordable, responsive security using AI, improving safety outcomes and accelerating security response times while respecting privacy and minimizing AI bias. Actuate serves over 1,000 companies and schools, positioning itself as a leader in AI video security analytics with a strong focus on real-time threat detection and false alarm reduction.
What they do: Cloud-based AI video analytics that convert existing cameras into real-time threat-detection systems
Key capabilities: Detects guns, intruders, crowds, loitering; reduces false positives by over 95%; camera health monitoring
Customers: Serves over 1,000 companies and schools
Funding signal: Multiple institutional rounds including an $8M Series A and a later $11.5M round
Physical security, remote video guarding, alarm verification, and real-time threat detection
Security / Video analytics / Computer vision
$8M
Announced April 29, 2021
Crunchbase lists a Series B dated Aug 14, 2024; amount not disclosed in that source
$11.5M
Announced April 30, 2025
“Participation by institutional investors including Tribeca Venture Partners, Gray Line Partners, Bling Capital, Tensility Venture Partners, Upside Partnership, Scribble Ventures, OCA Ventures, and Context Ventures”