Verkada

Verkada builds cloud-managed physical security systems for enterprises, combining its own hardware devices with a single web-based management platform. Its product line spans video security cameras, access control, intercoms, alarms, air quality sensors, and visitor management, all administered from one interface. The platform applies computer vision and AI to camera footage so operators can search and respond to events in real time rather than passively monitoring feeds. Founded in 2016 by Stanford graduates Filip Kaliszan, James Ren, and Benjamin Bercovitz along with Meraki co-founder Hans Robertson, the company reports more than 2 million devices deployed and 17 offices globally.

Verkada replaces the traditional split between security hardware vendors and on-premise video management servers by shipping its own cameras, door controllers, and sensors that manage themselves through one cloud platform, with AI-driven search and response built in rather than added as a separate system.