Why it ranks
How the rank works- team of 5Team size · YC's directory+4
- went through YCProgram · this site+4
- 2 programsMore than one program · this site+3
- hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2
A sum of public facts, not a judgement and not investment advice.
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | Not stated | Plug and Play | |
| AI | Not stated | Antler2025 | |
| AI | Not stated | Plug and Play | |
| Sensory RoboticsShared: computer vision, safetyAlchemist Class 28Not statedAI | AI | Not stated | AlchemistClass 28 |
| AI | Not stated | 500 GlobalGA 22 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| SafetyTek SoftwareShared: workplace safetyAlchemist Class 21Not statedOther | Other | Not stated | AlchemistClass 21 |
| AI | Not stated | Antler2024 | |
| Other | Acquired | YCW19 | |
| AI | Not stated | Antler2019 | |
| Other | Not stated | EF2021 |
Also from S21 in AI
All of S21Programs
| Program | Cohort | Source |
|---|---|---|
| S21 · Summer 2021 | YC Page | |
| Not stated | Plug and Play Page |
About Protex AI
Tl;dr: We’re building software that monitors existing cameras in the port, logistics, and manufacturing industries to ensure compliance and identify safety issues. At Protex AI, we’re on a mission to protect the industrial workforce! We’re building a proactive computer vision tool for workplace safety - empowering industrial Health and Safety (HS) teams to identify risk and danger before it becomes a problem. 🤕 The Problem: Keeping people safe at work is extremely hard. In the U.S. alone, there were over 5,000 deaths in the workplace in 2019, mainly in the heavy industry space. Serious workplace injuries cost U.S. businesses circa $62 Billion annually. Until now, safety has been reactive, someone has to get injured, and in some cases fatally before something is done about it. ✅ Problem Solved: Protex AI’s platform uses privacy-preserving camera monitoring software to provide companies with an always-on guardian angel, protecting their workforce. The platform plugs into existing CCTV infrastructure and enables HS teams to flexibly translate their document-based safety rules into the real world. Protex AI takes these rules and autonomously audits the customer’s facility to identify areas of high risk and non-compliance. HS teams can access this data via a reporting engine and use it in weekly safety meetings, external safety audits, insurance discussions, and legal claims. The tool integrates seamlessly with existing safety workflows to augment data produced by any manual incident logging system in place.
- YC batch
- S21 · Summer 2021
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 5
- Location
- Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland
- Checked
- 10h ago
YC tags: Industrial Workplace Safety, Machine Learning, B2B
Changes seen
Joined Plug and Play.
Protex AI: questions
Which YC batch was Protex AI in?
Protex AI was in Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch (S21).
Which accelerators did Protex AI go through?
Protex AI is listed by Y Combinator (S21), Plug and Play.
Is Protex AI still active?
Y Combinator lists Protex AI as active.
Where is Protex AI based?
Protex AI lists Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland as its location on YC's directory.