Build a safer world with us, one incident at a time.

Ambient.ai is the category creator and leader in Agentic Physical Security. Powered by Ambient Pulsar, the first reasoning Vision-Language Model purpose-built for physical security, our platform seamlessly integrates with existing security cameras and physical access control systems to unify monitoring, access control, threat assessment, response, and investigations through an always-on reasoning layer that augments security operators with superhuman capabilities. The results: 95% fewer false alarms, investigations 20x faster, and 10x faster response.

The momentum speaks for itself: we doubled new ARR in FY26, and have delivered results for world-class customers including Cisco, ServiceNow, SentinelOne, TikTok, Bayer, and MoMA. That kind of momentum creates an environment where great people thrive, and it shows: we recently ranked #71 out of 500 on the Forbes best startup employers list.

Founded in 2017 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and Allegion Ventures, Ambient.ai is on a fast-paced journey to fulfill our mission: prevent every security incident possible.

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About the Role:

Ambient is hiring its first dedicated video editor to join a two-person creative team, working directly with our Sr. Creative Manager. This person will support the end-to-end process, playing a huge part in editing, motion design, and final delivery across social, web, product marketing, events, and sales enablement. A significant part of this role is fast, social-native video that drives engagement and builds brand affinity - primarily short-form vertical content for LinkedIn and YouTube Shorts - alongside long-form storytelling for campaigns and product launches, including our monthly product release notes video. Because we work inside secure facilities like warehouses, hospitals, school districts, and corporate campuses, privacy shapes both our product and our brand guidelines, so you'll find creative ways to tell visual stories without identifiable faces in B-roll. This is a chance to help define the visual language of an entirely new category being rebuilt around AI.

What You'll Do:

Edit short-form vertical video optimized for LinkedIn and YouTube Shorts, with strong hooks, pacing, captions, and storytelling structures built for retention
Repurpose long-form footage into multiple short-form assets to extend the reach of every shoot
Build and extend our motion graphics system, including titles, lower thirds, UI callouts, animated diagrams, and transitions
Capture and animate product UI to explain how the platform works
Produce brand videos, product explainers, customer stories, and launch content, including our monthly product release notes video
Partner with product marketing, demand generation, and sales enablement to take briefs from concept through final delivery
Maintain visual consistency with brand guidelines across every asset, and contribute ideas that connect storytelling to brand positioning and pipeline goals
Help launch Ambient's podcast from the ground up - format, recording workflow, and editing - as a new storytelling channel alongside our video content

What You'll Bring:

3-5 years of professional video editing experience, ideally in-house or at an agency
A strong portfolio showcasing both editing craft and short-form, social-native content
Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, with working comfort in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma
A strong foundation in pacing, visual storytelling, sound design, and post-production fundamentals
Comfort with typography and layout in motion, working inside an established brand system
Strong organizational skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Enough camera, lighting, and audio literacy to set up and record a clean talking-head shot

Bonus:

Comfort presenting on camera - not required, but if you enjoy it, the monthly release notes video and feature-length YouTube shorts are yours to host
Experience producing, recording, or editing a podcast, especially standing one up from scratch
Comfort with AI and emerging creative tools, using them to work faster without compromising quality, authenticity, or editorial judgment
Experience in B2B, enterprise software, or another technical category
Experience animating software UI or explaining technical systems visually
Experience with a digital asset management system or collaborative cloud post-production workflows such as Frame.io
Experience collaborating with or coaching executives on video content

Why join us:

We are creating an entirely new category within a 180+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible
We have an impressive customer roster of F500 companies, including Adobe, SentinelOne and TikTok
Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company
Comprehensive health + welfare package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, Legal Services, 401k plan)
We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge, including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles, depending on customer demand)
The latest tech and awesome swag will be delivered to your door
Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers
We love to hike, are foodies, and love music! Check out our most recent Ambient Spotify Playlist

#Hybrid

Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ambient is an E-Verify participant.

About the company

Ambient.ai provides AI-powered software that enhances physical security by integrating with an organization’s existing security systems to enable proactive operations. The product uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to detect unexpected changes in human behavior, locations, and context. It does not perform facial recognition, prioritizing privacy while improving group security, and relies on an expansive, real-time-adapting library of threat signatures to identify potential threats. Security officers receive AI-verified alerts that help reduce false alarms and improve operational efficiency. Ambient.ai differentiates itself by privacy-preserving behavior-based detection, real-time threat adaptation, and seamless integration with existing security infrastructure, rather than building from scratch as a standalone system. Its goal is to help organizations shift from reactive incident response to proactive prevention, strengthening security while keeping privacy intact.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$146.1M

Headquarters

Redwood City, California

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

February 18, 2026 new ARR doubled, with net revenue retention above 140%.
March 23, 2026 Securitas Technology opened global resale access to its client base.
ServiceNow saved 15,069 labor hours and over $500,000 after 240,000 alarms.

What critics are saying

Coram, Verkada, and Genetec attack the same enterprise buyers with lower-friction deployments.
Edge appliances and reseller channels slow rollouts when customers demand faster software-only adoption.
If incumbent platforms bundle comparable AI, Ambient.ai becomes a feature, not a company.

What makes Ambient.ai unique

Ambient.ai’s Pulsar VLM reasons across 200 million video hours and 10 billion events daily.
August 26, 2026 Agentic Video Walls and Case Management automate monitoring and investigations.
May 20, 2026 Access Intelligence overlays LenelS2, Genetec, Milestone, and Brivo without rip-and-replace.

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Benefits

Healthcare - Medical premiums are covered up to 95% for employees. Dental and Vision is covered at 75%.
401(k) - Choose our pre-tax or Roth 401K plan options, via Guideline, to save for retirement
WFH Stipends - We offer monthly reimbursement for phone and monthly reimbursement for wifi
Time Off - Employees need to recharge their batteries: it improves productivity, creativity and overall job satisfaction! Get your work done, loop in your manager and take a reasonable amount of time off
Employee Resource Group - Join or start one!
Other - Employee Assistance Program and Legal Services
Early Stock Option Exercise
Life Insurance
Visa & Greencard Sponsorship

Growth & Insights and Company News

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6 month growth

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2 year growth

FinancialContent

Oct 20th, 2026

Allegion Ventures leads Ambient.ai Series C, taking total funding past $100M

Allegion Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Allegion plc, has led a Series C round for Ambient.ai, a physical security startup based in Redwood City, California. It is the fund's second investment in the company, and the round takes Ambient's total funding past $100 million. Other terms were not disclosed. Ambient's platform turns existing cameras and sensors into an always-on security agent. Annual recurring revenue grew 90% in fiscal year 2026, and the company was cash flow positive in the first half of the year. Growth followed the launch of Ambient Pulsar, a vision-language model built for physical security. Allegion Ventures President Rob Martens will join Ambient's board alongside Martin Casado of Andreessen Horowitz. Ambient was founded in 2017.

Security Journal Americas

Aug 26th, 2026

Ambient.ai introduces new agentic physical security capabilities.

Ambient.ai introduces new agentic physical security capabilities. Ambient.ai has announced new capabilities across the Ambient Platform, adding agentic intelligence to how security teams monitor, investigate and operate. The new capabilities include an AI agent, a new case management workflow and infrastructure upgrades that double camera density on existing hardware. "Recording video was never the hard part," said Vikesh Khanna, CTO & Co-founder, Ambient.ai. "The hard part is understanding what's happening on a site when it actually matters. "Among the set of new capabilities, Agentic Video Walls give operators an agent that monitors every camera on their behalf, and Case Management, an automated workflow that, paired with Semantic Search, turns hours of manual scrubbing into a fully connected investigation in minutes. "That's the difference between a simple system of record and a platform that reasons alongside your team." The Ambient Platform introduces enhancements across three core areas, situational awareness, investigations and operational scale. Continuous situational awareness. Agentic Video Walls - Brings an AI agent to every connected camera on site, acting like a relentless, hyper-focused editor: scanning every stream, deciding what belongs on the front page and surfacing it in real time. The agent monitors around the clock and surfaces the single most relevant event once every 60 seconds, paired with an AI-generated, plain-language description of what's happening. Rapid investigations and response. Case Management - Turns scattered manual work into one continuous flow. After tracking a person across cameras using natural language through Semantic Search, operators record clips directly into a case as they're found, then generate a fully editable, AI-written narrative with one click, complete with auto-sorted clips and metadata. From there, cases can be downloaded as a compressed, sequenced folder or shared through expiring, revocable links with a full audit trail. Semantic Search Streamlining - Semantic Search is the platform's engine that lets operators describe who or what they're looking for in plain language, feeding straight into a case instead of hours of manual scrubbing. This release sharpens results across the board: matching frames of the same person or vehicle across a five-minute span now group into a single result and results filter down to a specific camera or group, Ambient says. Enterprise scale and cost efficiency. Double Stream Density - Ambient Foundation now supports up to 2x the camera streams on a single Ambient Edge Appliance, made possible by a smaller, more focused application that frees up compute and memory per stream. Existing customers get double the streams on current appliances, and new sites need half as many appliances to cover the same camera count.

SourceSecurity.com

May 21st, 2026

Ambient.ai: PACS alarm management solutions.

Ambient.ai: PACS alarm management solutions. 21 May 2026 Quick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsdesk-reviewed * Ambient.ai introduces major updates to its Ambient Access Intelligence platform for better PACS management. * New capabilities address chronic issues, enhance door security, and reduce alarm noise by 95%. * Integrates with major PACS systems, reducing costs and saving time with AI-driven solutions. Ambient.ai has unveiled significant enhancements to Ambient Access Intelligence, its advanced module for managing physical access control systems (PACS). These expansions incorporate two new features: 'Doors with Issues' and 'Doors Unsecured'. These improvements provide users with tools to diagnose persistent infrastructure problems and monitor physically unsecured doors in real-time, offering a comprehensive view for PACS alarm management. This development marks a substantial shift in access control operations, extending its capabilities beyond efficient alarm handling into a proactive model that seeks to prevent unnecessary incidents and focus resources effectively. Streamlining alarm responses. Traditional access control systems can inundate security personnel with overwhelming alarm signals, sometimes prompting operators either to spend excessive time addressing them or to ignore them, potentially increasing security risks. However, Ambient Access Intelligence is designed to mitigate this issue by decreasing PACS alarm volume by 95% through pre-emptive resolution of false positives. By doing so, the system ensures that operators concentrate on validated events only. Traditional access control systems can inundate security personnel with overwhelming alarm signals Vikesh Khanna, CTO and Co-Founder of Ambient.ai, explains, "Alarms without intelligence are just noise. Our Reasoning AI platform has already turned millions of PACS alarms into verified signals for our customers. With the addition of 'Doors with Issues' and 'Doors Unsecured', Ambient Access Intelligence is now entering its next phase: not only clearing alarms, but deciding which events deserve a response, preventing the issues that generate noise in the first place, and verifying that every door is physically secure." Advancements in AI-driven analysis. The Ambient Access Intelligence platform comprises three core components that work cohesively to enhance security operations: Alarm auto clearing. This capability integrates real-time video with every PACS alarm via the PACS Correlation Engine to automatically resolve frequent false positives, such as exit events, interaction with door interiors, wind interference, sensor faults, or self-restoring doors. As a result, over 95% of alarms are resolved without human intervention, with only validated incidents being presented as detailed alerts. Doors with Issues. This new feature offers security administrators an AI-driven analysis to pinpoint chronic noise sources due to infrastructure issues. It organises issues into categories like Door & Alarm Behaviour, Camera Health, and Camera-Reader Mapping, complete with identified root causes and visual evidence. This facilitates seamless communication with facilities and maintenance teams, supplanting slow manual assessments. Doors Unsecured. Providing real-time operational insight, this feature ensures security operators can verify physical door closures by confirming door-restored PACS signals. A live video feed of unsecured doors spans all premises, aiding coordinated security measures and eliminating isolated incident responses. Typically, access-controlled doors spend around 14.5 hours unsecured weekly, a gap now visible for prompt action. Creating a self-validating security perimeter. These capabilities collectively transition access control from a reactive model into a self-validating perimeter, enabling the efficient use of human resources on critical events. At ServiceNow, the adoption of Ambient Access Intelligence has led to the processing of over 240,000 alarms, auto-clearing 94% and realising savings of more than 15,000 labour hours and over $500,000 in avoided costs. The platform integrates seamlessly with several leading PACS systems, including LenelS2, Honeywell Pro-Watch, Genetec, Milestone, Allegion, Software House C-CURE 9000, Avigilon, Brivo, Kastle, Genea, among others. Ambient Access Intelligence requires only the Ambient Foundation as its base layer, facilitating deployment on existing infrastructure without necessitating extensive replacements.

PR Newswire

Feb 18th, 2026

Ambient.ai doubles new ARR as agentic physical security hits inflection point

Ambient.ai, a physical security AI startup, has doubled its new annual recurring revenue in FY26 compared to FY25, with net revenue retention exceeding 140% as its customer base tripled. Multiple Fortune 100 clients have expanded to seven-figure contracts. The Redwood City-based company processes over 200 million video hours and 10 billion events daily through its platform. It recently launched Ambient Pulsar, the first edge-optimised reasoning Vision-Language Model for physical security, trained on over one million hours of enterprise video. Ambient.ai's clients include Cisco, ServiceNow, SentinelOne and TikTok. ServiceNow's deployment achieved a 94% false alarm reduction and saved 15,069 hours of manual triage. The company maintains a sub-1x burn multiple whilst delivering frontier-model reasoning performance at up to 50 times higher efficiency than general-purpose AI models.

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Apr 1st, 2025

Ambient Raises $74M for Bitcoin Replacement

Ambient has raised $74 million to develop a blockchain intended as a "replacement for Bitcoin," according to co-founder Travis Good. He argues Bitcoin's encryption is becoming obsolete, posing challenges for miners. Ambient's AI-infused network uses a proof-of-work mechanism, appealing to Bitcoin miners. Meanwhile, companies face challenges integrating secure and compliant stablecoin infrastructure for cross-border payments and finance, as noted by Bentzi Rabi, CEO of Utila.

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