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Sensifai
Techstars '17Brussels, BE · Founded 2016 · 17 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Sensifai develops deep learning systems for video, image, and audio recognition deployed in cloud or edge environments, serving applications in content management, surveillance, and real-time analysis. The company also builds energy-efficient blockchain infrastructure and real-time IoT monitoring platforms for water quality and gesture recognition.
Also known as Sensifai NV
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Sensifai is a Belgium-based technology company that builds AI-powered recognition systems together with blockchain and Web3 platforms. Its portfolio spans four categories: vision AI, audio AI, IoT systems and blockchain solutions. Vision AI work includes large-scale video recognition for multimedia management, vehicle recognition across multiple overlapping cameras (EDI), on-device image tagging, automotive driver-safety and gesture interaction systems (SensiGesture, SensiGeRec), foot-gesture recognition for industrial human-machine interfaces (SoleSense), automated 2D-to-3D scene creation (Senso3D), on-device enhancement of personal image and video archives, privacy-preserving on-device media intelligence (Smart Gallery), a real-time photography mentoring tool with aesthetic scoring (Photo Academy AI), credit-risk and financial analytics (SensiLend), brand protection and IP surveillance (IPCaptain), and multilingual AI virtual educator twins (Tutorist). Audio AI products include Organicity, an urban noise intelligence and monitoring platform, and Q-WiSE, an ultra-low-power edge speech enhancement filter.
IoT and blockchain lines round out the portfolio. AquaSense is a real-time cloud-edge IoT pipeline for water quality sensing; YourBan is an AI-enabled smart bike-parking IoT system for connected cities; the company also offers a structured cybersecurity assessment methodology for connected intelligent systems. On the blockchain side, Pactus Nexus is an energy-efficient blockchain platform, Artogenia a fine-art provenance and NFT trading platform, and IPMinter an automated platform for minting intellectual property as NFTs. Several projects, including an SME Instrument Phase I video recognition project and the open-source DIPAL drone imaging and photogrammetry system, are tied to EU innovation programmes.
Founding story
A directory listing records Sensifai as founded in 2016 with Ali Diba, Luc Van Gool and Mohammad Hasan Bahari among its founders and management.
Traction
The AquaSense project was deployed across 20 sensors (10 urban and 10 rural) capturing parameters such as pH and turbidity every 10 seconds, and was announced as successfully completed in December 2025. The company's public portfolio lists more than 20 delivered products and projects, several linked to EU innovation programmes including an SME Instrument Phase I project.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Sensifai is presented in an AI company directory as offering a comprehensive video recognition system available both in the cloud and embedded in devices.
Technology
Sensifai emphasises edge and on-device processing alongside cloud deployment, with privacy-preserving, zero-cloud media intelligence as a recurring design choice. The AquaSense deployment illustrates its stack: sensors publish over MQTT to a Mosquitto broker on Raspberry Pi edge devices, where ThingsBoard performs preprocessing such as one-minute averaging and noise filtering; processed data is forwarded to the cloud and analysed by a TensorFlow LSTM model, with an orchestrator scaling ThingsBoard and AI modules. The architecture is described as supporting 100–1,000 readings per second with sub-two-second latency, 99% uptime and 95% anomaly detection accuracy within five seconds, and as cutting cloud energy use by 30% by prioritising edge processing for urban sensors. AquaSense is built on NebulOuS cloud-edge technology.
Go-to-market
Sensifai delivers products directly and through EU innovation programmes and open calls; AquaSense was carried out under NebulOuS Open Call #2 as an EU-funded project. The company publicly solicits partnerships with water authorities, environmental agencies and technology integrators, and lists a sales support contact address.
AquaSense targets water authorities, environmental agencies and industrial clients in urban and rural settings. The broader portfolio addresses automotive (driver safety and gesture interaction), industrial human-machine interfaces, connected-city and municipal operators, media and multimedia management, financial services (credit risk analytics), brand and intellectual property owners, and education.
Geography
Headquarters and operations are in Belgium, with a listed office at Flexi-Space, Mechelsesteenweg 455, 1950 Kraainem, and a branch office at Silversquare Bailli, Avenue Louise 231, 1050 Brussels. One directory listing records Brussels as headquarters with locations in Belgium and China.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsSensifai announced the successful completion of its EU-funded AquaSense water quality monitoring project, carried out under NebulOuS Open Call #2, with 20 deployed sensors across urban and rural sites.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Sensifai do?
- Belgian developer of AI vision, audio and IoT recognition systems alongside blockchain and Web3 platforms.
- Who are Sensifai's investors?
- Sensifai's investors include Techstars, Glen Ventures.
- Where is Sensifai headquartered?
- Sensifai is headquartered in Brussels, BE.