Inductive Robotics

Inductive Robotics builds edge AI platforms that bring real-time intelligence to physical world operations. Their initial product is a pole-mounted camera and edge compute system that detects vehicle occupancy in parking lots in real time, enabling smarter management and unlocking untapped revenue for operators. The company is targeting universities as a beachhead market, with Carnegie Mellon University as their first customer, and plans to expand into hospitals and cities as they address a $50B US parking management market projected to grow to $174B by 2035.

Over 100 million parking spaces across 800,000+ open lots operate without real-time monitoring, leaving more than $8B in parking revenue untapped. Operators lack the data needed to manage demand effectively, and studies suggest real-time data could drive a 20%+ revenue lift.

Inductive Robotics deploys a lightweight edge AI platform — a camera plus edge compute unit that mounts on a pole and installs in hours. The system performs on-device vehicle detection in real time, feeding operators a live management dashboard to plan around actual demand without relying on cloud processing.

Carnegie Mellon University (Transportation Services / GATF Lot) is the company's first committed pilot customer, serving as the beachhead into a universe of 4,000+ US universities. Prototype data from the CMU deployment is already being collected.