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Traces

Active · Transform your video monitoring with AI

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9signal of 100 · rising 2
  • team of 10Team size · YC's directory+5.4
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4

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Competitors

AIOnDeckShared: video monitoringGoogle AI for Nature 2025Startup →AID-IDShared: facial recognition, deep learning, videoYC S17Tel Aviv-YafoStartup →AIVerdunShared: computer vision, alarm, videoYC F26San FranciscoStartup →AIKairos ARShared: facial recognition, video, transform500 Global Distro 1United StatesStartup →OtherFace.comShared: facial recognitionStartup →
Companies closest to Traces
Company
OnDeckShared: video monitoringGoogle AI for Nature 2025Not statedAI
D-IDShared: facial recognition, deep learning, videoYC S17ActiveAI
VerdunShared: computer vision, alarm, videoYC F26ActiveAI
Kairos ARShared: facial recognition, video, transform500 Global Distro 1Not statedAI
Face.comnot in a program hereShared: facial recognitionElsewhereOther

Adjacent

OtherCalipsaShared: alarm filteringEF 2016LondonStartup →AIRimwardShared: computer vision, alarm, videoYC S23ParisStartup →AICerrionShared: deep learning, computer vision, videoYC S22ZürichStartup →AIActiveloopShared: deep learning, computer vision, transformYC S18San FranciscoStartup →AILightTwistShared: computer vision, video, streamYC W21DenverStartup →
Companies next to Traces
Company
CalipsaShared: alarm filteringEF 2016Not statedOther
RimwardShared: computer vision, alarm, videoYC S23ActiveAI
CerrionShared: deep learning, computer vision, videoYC S22ActiveAI
ActiveloopShared: deep learning, computer vision, transformYC S18ActiveAI, Devtools
LightTwistShared: computer vision, video, streamYC W21ActiveAI, Devtools

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All of S19
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Company
AudioFocusHearing aids that work in noisy places, like restaurants, using ML.team of 4InactiveAI
Arpeggio BioArpeggio Bio develops drugs targeting transcription factors using AI…team of 20ActiveAI
BeaconsAn AI-powered, all-in-one business platform for content creatorsteam of 25hiringActiveAI
CoLabHuman and AI design review for hardwareteam of 150ActiveAI, Devtools
DashblockTurn any website into an APIteam of 3InactiveAI, Devtools
DeepnoteA better data science notebook.hiringActiveAI, Devtools

About Traces

We analyze thousands of video streams to find and track people without facial recognition. Our tech is available as an API and has multiple use cases. Unique people counting, forensic people search, falsa alarm filtering and many more.

YC batch
S19 · Summer 2019
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI
Team size
10
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA
Checked
6h ago

YC tags: Deep Learning, Computer Vision, AI

Changes seen

TagsOct 19, 2026

Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.

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Traces in S19: 176 companies, 26% AI

Traces: questions

Which YC batch was Traces in?

Traces was in Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch (S19).

Is Traces still active?

Y Combinator lists Traces as active.

Where is Traces based?

Traces lists San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.