Metropolis

Metropolis develops computer-vision and artificial-intelligence technology intended to make physical spaces responsive to the people using them. Its Recognition Platform identifies vehicles and context in real time and adapts its response to individual users, whom the company refers to as Members, with the stated aim of allowing a person's presence alone to serve as the means of moving through a space.

The company applies this technology layer primarily to parking. It describes itself as the largest parking operator in the United States and uses its recognition technology to enable checkout-free, drive-in/drive-out parking in which entry and exit are handled automatically rather than through tickets or payment terminals. The company frames its broader positioning as building an intelligence layer for physical infrastructure beyond a single use case.

Business model

Metropolis operates parking facilities and layers its own recognition technology onto them, serving end users it identifies as Members through automated, checkout-free entry and exit.

Traction

Metropolis reports more than 4,500 North American locations, over one million new Members added each month, and more than 212 million minutes saved for users.