Protex AI

Protex AI, founded in 2021, has raised $54 million to tackle one of industry's most persistent challenges: workplace safety. The company transforms existing CCTV infrastructure into an AI-powered monitoring system that detects unsafe behaviours - missing PPE, unauthorised zone entry, unsafe vehicle interactions - in real time. Its platform, deployed across warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, and automotive environments, has delivered an average 64% reduction in risk within three months of deployment.

The technical stack spans computer vision, deep learning, edge computing, and automatic anonymisation - ensuring data never leaves the premises and worker identities are protected by default. This privacy-first architecture distinguishes Protex AI from cloud-dependent competitors and addresses growing regulatory and ethical scrutiny around workplace surveillance.

The team's orientation is explicitly proactive: rather than investigating incidents after they occur, the system intervenes before harm is done. For engineers and researchers motivated by measurable, real-world impact, the work directly prevents workplace tragedies - a rare opportunity to align technical ambition with tangible human outcomes.