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Techstars '23Toronto, CA · 1 known investors
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Combat Vision is a computer vision and video analytics platform designed for streaming and broadcast applications. It serves sports and media organizations seeking real-time visual data processing with high uptime and cost efficiency.
Also known as Combat IQ Limited · CombatIQ
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Combat IQ is a sports data and analytics company applying computer vision and artificial intelligence to live combat sports events. Its core technology, branded Combat Vision, is described as an AI model that watches a sporting event, identifies and categorises actions, and delivers the resulting data to partners in real time. The company positions this data as the basis for real-time, in-play and proposition betting markets in leagues where such markets previously did not exist, and for enhanced broadcast and fan-engagement experiences during live events.
The product range presented on the company's site comprises Vision, Edge and Broadcast, with further products marked as coming soon. The platform is described as engineered for a range of streaming and broadcast setups, with built-in scalability and security and a stated 99.99% uptime guarantee. The company also states that it uses blockchain technology as a tamper-evident record for the data it gathers and analyses, rather than for cryptocurrency or financial transactions.
Founding story
According to a July 2023 interview, co-founder Tim Malik initiated the company after approaching his co-founder Dr. Christian Giang about a problem affecting sports betting in combat sports.
Business model
Combat IQ licenses its AI-derived live sports data and related products to sports leagues, broadcasters and betting operators. The company describes its offering as an easy-to-integrate, all-in-one solution positioned on cost-effectiveness relative to alternatives in the market, with products organised into Vision, Edge and Broadcast lines plus additional offerings described as coming soon.
Public materials describe the company as supplying live sports data and broadcast products to leagues and betting operators as an integrated solution; specific pricing terms are not disclosed.
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Market position
The company describes itself as the first AI-powered data analytics company dedicated to combat sports, initially focused on mixed martial arts with stated potential to expand into other sports.
Combat IQ contrasts its approach with AI startups that it characterises as using low-cost engineering to reach market quickly, stating that it recruits senior talent from established technology hubs and emphasises reliability and precision alongside affordability. It describes its team as including PhD-level computer vision engineers, data scientists, software engineers and sports industry professionals, and presents Combat Vision as providing expansive and unique live sports data with a 99.99% uptime guarantee.
Technology
Combat IQ's proprietary Combat Vision system applies neural networks, deep learning, machine learning and computer vision to live sports footage, recognising and classifying in-fight actions such as punches and kicks and delivering structured data in real time. The company says it additionally uses blockchain as an immutable, transparent ledger so that recorded actions cannot be altered retroactively, supporting data integrity for partners. The platform is designed to integrate with varied streaming and broadcast setups and is marketed with a 99.99% uptime guarantee.
Go-to-market
The company sells through direct engagement, inviting prospective customers to request a demo and contact the team via its website, and works with sports leagues and betting platforms whose end users encounter Combat IQ-powered markets through their own betting products.
Sports leagues, broadcasters and streaming operators, and sports betting platforms and sportsbooks, with fans and bettors as downstream beneficiaries.
Geography
The company is registered and headquartered in the United Kingdom, at 39 Alma Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, with an interview describing its base as England. It states that leagues and sportsbooks from other regions, including Asia, approach it for data services.
History
The company was incorporated in the United Kingdom as Combat IQ Limited (company number 14082629), registered at 39 Alma Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire. A startup database records a founding date of 2022 and lists Christian Giang (CTO) and Timur M. (co-founder) as founders, with an associated pre-seed entry dated 30 September 2022 and Techstars recorded as an investor as of January 2023. In a July 2023 interview, Tim Malik described the company as headquartered in England and its first application area as combat sports, with potential expansion to other sports.
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsA startup database lists Techstars as an investor in Combat IQ, with the association dated 10 January 2023.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Combat IQ do?
- UK-based company using computer vision and AI to generate live combat sports data for betting markets and broadcasts.
- Who are Combat IQ's investors?
- Combat IQ's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Combat IQ headquartered?
- Combat IQ is headquartered in Toronto, CA.