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Algorized
Founded 2022 · 21 employees on LinkedIn · 10 known investors
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Algorized develops edge-AI software and algorithms for wireless sensors that detect human presence, track positioning, and monitor vital signs, including through obstacles. Its perception technology is applied to people safety across robotics, industrial, automotive, human-machine interaction, and infrastructure use cases.
Also known as Algorized SA
Founders & leadership
Algorized was founded in 2022 by Natalya Lopareva.
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$17.3M disclosed across 2 of 4 rounds · 2024–2026
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Algorized is a deep-tech company that builds machine learning software for people sensing, positioning and perception. Rather than selling hardware, it offers a sensor-agnostic, software-only upgrade that converts existing off-the-shelf wireless sensors — including Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radar, mmWave and Wi-Fi — into systems that can detect human presence, track people flow and demographics, provide accurate positioning and measure vital signs such as respiration and heart rate without contact or wearables. Processing runs at the edge, and the company describes fusing multiple sensor inputs in a multi-modal platform.
The technology is positioned for human-machine interaction settings where machines must reliably distinguish people from objects: industrial robotics, warehouses and automotive in-cabin monitoring. The company markets its current product as a "Predictive Safety Engine" built on edge-AI foundation models that infer human presence and intent in real time, with the stated aim of moving industrial robotics beyond "detect-and-stop" safety behaviour toward continuous operation around people. Because the approach relies on radio-frequency signals rather than cameras, the company states that its perception works through occlusion, dust and darkness.
Algorized was founded on academic research, with roots in Swiss work on through-wall human detection, and initially targeted life-safety applications such as locating people trapped in buildings after disasters before moving into industrial, robotics and automotive markets.
Founding story
The company was founded on extensive academic research, with roots in Swiss research on through-wall human detection, and its early focus was on life-saving applications such as locating individuals trapped inside buildings during disasters. TechCrunch lists Natalya Lopareva and Joseph Benraz as founders. [0][3][4]
Business model
Algorized licenses/sells AI software that upgrades third-party commodity wireless sensors, avoiding hardware replacement for customers; deployments are pursued through strategic partnerships with industrial robotics, automotive and smart-space players, including Tier-1 manufacturing partners. [0][2][3]
Sources describe commercial deliveries of the Predictive Safety Engine against signed demand across industries, but do not specify pricing or contract structure. [2][3]
Traction
The company reported gaining traction with major industrial players since its inception, growth from four to fourteen team members over the year preceding June 2025, selection among the top 10 Swiss deep-tech startups for 4YFN at MWC 2025 under the Venturelab program, a Netty Award for Best AI in Robotics and a VentureBeat Women in AI award for its CEO in 2025, a CES 2026 debut with KUKA and ASUS, and deployments with automotive and industrial companies in Europe and the U.S. alongside $17.3M in disclosed funding across seed and Series A rounds. [0][2][3][5][6]
Latest developments
In February 2026 Algorized announced a $13M Series A led by Run Ventures with participation from the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Acrobator Ventures and existing investors, to scale deliveries of its Predictive Safety Engine, advance intent-prediction models and expand engineering and support hubs in Switzerland and Silicon Valley. This followed its debut with KUKA and ASUS at CES 2026. [2][3]
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Market position
Algorized positions itself in Physical AI perception and predictive safety for industrial robotics, automotive and smart spaces, differentiating from camera-based approaches by using radio-frequency physics. Its investor Run Ventures describes it as defining the category of Physical AI perception and predictive safety. It is backed by the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, a $1 billion corporate venture fund. [1][2][3]
Algorized's approach is hardware-agnostic and software-only, upgrading sensors that customers already own instead of requiring new hardware, and relies on radio-frequency sensing rather than cameras so perception continues through occlusion, dust and darkness. It emphasizes edge processing for ultra-low latency and prediction of human intent rather than binary detect-and-stop safety responses. [0][3]
Technology
Proprietary machine learning algorithms and edge-AI foundation models process signals from commodity wireless sensors — UWB radar, mmWave and Wi-Fi — to detect micro-motions and vital signs, yielding people flow, demographics, precise positioning, presence detection and intent prediction. The multi-modal platform fuses several sensor inputs. The company reports in-cabin automotive vital-sign detection accuracy of up to 92% without wearables or contact, human presence discrimination in milliseconds, and edge processing intended to keep latency low enough to avoid emergency stops in robotic workflows. [0][3][5][6]
Go-to-market
The company reaches market through strategic partnerships and joint demonstrations with industrial and technology players — for example a CES 2026 debut with KUKA and ASUS — and through participation in startup and deep-tech programs such as Berkeley SkyDeck, Venturelab and the Swiss National Startup Team at MWC/4YFN 2025. It states it is deploying with major automotive and industrial leaders in Europe and the U.S. [3][5][6]
Industrial and manufacturing operators using robotics and automation (including warehouses and factories), automotive manufacturers seeking in-cabin monitoring, Tier-1 manufacturing partners, and smart-space applications. [0][2][3][5]
Geography
Algorized operates with teams in Switzerland and Silicon Valley. Sources place the company in Étoy, Switzerland and, separately, in Berkeley/Silicon Valley, California. Series A proceeds are earmarked for expanding engineering and support hubs in Switzerland and Silicon Valley and for commercial deployments in Europe and the U.S. [1][2][3][5][6]
History
According to the company, Algorized's work began with life-saving applications such as locating individuals trapped in buildings during disasters, with the company's inception given as 2023 in its 2024 seed announcement, while a TechCrunch Startup Battlefield profile lists a founded date of 2022. It raised a $4.3M seed round in November 2024 led by the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund. In 2025 the company presented at MWC/4YFN in Barcelona as captain of the Swiss National Startup Team, grew from four to fourteen employees and expanded from Switzerland to Silicon Valley, and won a Netty Award for Best AI in Robotics while its CEO received VentureBeat's Women in AI award. Following a debut with KUKA and ASUS at CES 2026, it announced a $13M Series A led by Run Ventures in February 2026.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsSeries A financing to scale deliveries of its Predictive Safety Engine, advance proprietary intent-prediction models, and expand engineering and support hubs in Switzerland and Silicon Valley.
$13M source ↗
Algorized debuted its technology with KUKA and ASUS at CES 2026 before scaling deployments with automotive and industrial companies in Europe and the U.S.
Algorized received the Netty Award for Best AI in Robotics, and founder and CEO Natalya Lopareva received VentureBeat's Women in AI (Women Entrepreneur in AI) award.
CEO Natalya Lopareva led the Swiss National Startup Team at 4YFN during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (3-6 March 2025), where the company showed a multi-modal system combining UWB sensors with proprietary AI for non-contact monitoring of respiration and heart rate. Selected among the top 10 Swiss deep-tech startups via the Venturelab program.
The company reported growing from four to fourteen team members over the preceding year and expanding operations from Switzerland to Silicon Valley.
Seed funding to scale its sensor-agnostic people-sensing platform, extend the team and pursue industrial, robotics and automotive markets.
$4.3M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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- Algorized Raises $4.3 Million in Seed Funding | Algorizedalgorized.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Algorized do?
- Algorized develops software-only people-sensing AI that turns commodity wireless sensors into human-aware perception for robots and vehicles.
- Who founded Algorized?
- Algorized was founded by Natalya Lopareva in 2022.
- Who are Algorized's investors?
- Algorized's investors include Monte Carlo Capital, shuckerVC, SICTIC, Signal Peak Ventures, Acrobator Ventures, Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, CoreNest Capital, Run Ventures.
- How much funding has Algorized raised?
- Algorized has disclosed $17.3M raised across 2 of its 4 known rounds.