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Predictive Equations

Techstars '23

Beer Sheva, IL · 1 known investors

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Predictive Equations builds AI for image and video enhancement and analysis, aimed at forensic, public-safety and enterprise use.

Also known as Predictive AI · Predictive Equations

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Predictive Equations (also referred to as Predictive AI) develops machine vision and deep learning models that restore and analyze degraded image and video data. Its enhancement models cover upscaling, deblurring, denoising, relighting, color naturalization and JPEG artifact removal, with additional models listed as in development for underwater clarity and environmental denoising of snow, fog, shadow and glare. The company states its upscaling supports magnification factors beyond the common x2-x8 market standard, describing outputs up to 8K video and 12K images, and in one product page up to x16-x32 and 20K resolution.

Alongside enhancement, the company offers an analysis layer trained toward forensics and scene comprehension. Current capabilities listed include object detection, image and video segmentation, pose estimation, region-of-interest extraction, feature matching for image comparison, object extraction, intelligent zoom, file compression and media size optimization. Facial recognition, optical text recognition and automated text extraction are listed as planned, with behavioral analysis and in-video/in-image clip retrieval described as in research and development. Demonstrations include extraction and upscaling of tiles from a 50,000 x 50,000 pixel Airbus Pleiades satellite image of Marseille, France.

The company's technology originated as legal-oriented software and it states it has been used in courts and by startups, and that it is the first AI company to have gone through a multi-year judicial process from investigation to verdict. Stated target industries include legal and forensics, space and aviation, security, e-commerce, operations, healthcare and digital content. Additional named products include Enterprise Solutions, Predictive Asset Protection, Signalforge and Gamerforge.

Founding story

Predictive Equations grew out of a scholastic online community centered on martial arts, networking and technology, whose members sought to train remotely and applied their skills to building what the company describes as ethical technology, with member-submitted content used to build and train its models. CEO Alexander Borschel designed the AI system, and criminal defense attorney Nurit Maatok co-developed the system for evidentiary enhancement and analysis.

Business model

The company sells access to a Predictive AI platform available via cloud, API and local or on-premise installation, with a desktop application and a team-oriented platform. Business-tier features include shared team workspaces, synchronization for collaborative editing, and a dashboard covering analytics, usage trends and cost controls for AI inference. Free trials and a beta signup are used as entry points, and certain tools are stated to be available only on team-based plans. The company states model improvements are released automatically at no additional cost.

Traction

The company states its technology is already used in courts and by startups and that it has contributed to a defendant's early release. It describes surviving a multi-year judicial process from investigation through verdict. The Predictive AI Platform, spanning cloud and local install, is stated to have been released in 2024; several analysis and enhancement models remain in beta, planned release, or R&D.

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Market position

The company positions its enhancement models against competing upscaling tools that it characterizes as limited to roughly x2-x8 and 8K output, claiming higher magnification and resolution ceilings. Its site references being ranked among tools in a published list of top AI colorizers and states backing by Techstars and Starburst.

Differentiation claims center on upscaling and restoration beyond typical market limits, pairing enhancement with analysis so that repaired media feeds detection and comparison models, support for inputs from very low resolution up to very large satellite imagery, and validation of its outputs through a completed judicial process. The company also emphasizes ethical AI development and partial use of solar-powered GPU inference.

Technology

Predictive Equations combines machine vision techniques with deep learning algorithmic modeling. Its enhancement models are described as using context-aware feature mapping for precision repair at varying intensity levels, reconstructing data already present in the source but not discernible to human or automatic detection, rather than applying generic filtering. Enhancement is positioned as a pre-processing step that raises accuracy and scene comprehension for downstream analysis models. The company also states that a portion of its business AI inference runs on GPUs connected to solar arrays.

Go-to-market

Go-to-market combines a self-serve free trial and beta signup funnel with business and enterprise plans, distributed through cloud, API and local installation. The company maintains a business development function covering channel partnerships, sales and strategy, and runs a Discord-based scholastic community around martial arts, history and technology whose members contribute submitted content used to build and train its AI.

The company targets the general public, startups, small and medium businesses and enterprises, with named industry verticals including legal and forensics, space and aviation, security, e-commerce, operations, healthcare and digital content. It also positions the enhancement tools at consumers and creators upscaling generative outputs from platforms such as Midjourney and OpenAI's DALL-E and Sora.

Geography

Operations are based in Delaware, USA, with research and development in Beer Sheva, Israel. The team is described as decentralized and international, with members in the United States, France, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Japan.

History

The company's tools began as legal-oriented software for evidentiary enhancement and analysis before being extended to other industries. It describes itself as an offshoot of a Discord-based community of martial arts, history and technology enthusiasts whose members turned toward building technology together. The Predictive AI Platform was released in 2024, and the company's website carries a 2025 copyright.

Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Maximum image upscaling output resolutionJan 202512K images (up to 20K on some models)
Maximum video upscaling output resolutionJan 20258K video
Named team members listed on About pageJan 202510 people

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 1

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Jan 2024
Predictive AI Platform released for cloud and local install

The company states its Predictive AI Platform, offering cloud access, APIs and on-premise deployment, was released in 2024.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Predictive Equations do?
Predictive Equations builds AI for image and video enhancement and analysis, aimed at forensic, public-safety and enterprise use.
Who are Predictive Equations's investors?
Predictive Equations's investors include Techstars.
Where is Predictive Equations headquartered?
Predictive Equations is headquartered in Beer Sheva, IL.