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Build with vision.

Lightapp is the complete platform for building, deploying and operating AI vision solutions in the physical world.

Use intelligent Android devices, AI models, operational workflows, analytics and real world automation to create a solution for your company, launch a specialized business or build an entirely new connected operations platform.

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See it. Understand it. Act on it.

Build with Lightapp Vertical AI businesses Enterprise solutions Connected operations Risk and insurance Quality and compliance Equipment intelligence Security Managed services

The problem

Building real world AI is still too hard.

A production ready AI vision solution requires far more than a model.

It requires cameras, connectivity, video acquisition, datasets, model development, validation, edge deployment, device management, dashboards, alerts, integrations and a reliable way to turn detections into action.

Most businesses have to assemble these layers from multiple vendors or build them internally.

Lightapp provides the complete infrastructure in one platform.

The architecture

Android becomes the edge for physical AI.

Lightapp transforms commercially available Android devices, including Google Pixel phones, into remotely managed AI vision endpoints. Each device can capture video, run models at the edge, transmit structured data and connect real world events to software workflows and physical actions.

Because the hardware is produced at global scale, Lightapp customers can deploy, replace and expand endpoints without relying on proprietary industrial computers or specialized camera systems.

The result is a practical distribution layer for AI vision applications, enterprise solutions and new technology businesses.

  • 01High quality imaging and on device edge processing
  • 02Cellular, Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity
  • 03Remote configuration and over the air software updates
  • 04Rapid deployment with no specialized infrastructure
  • 05A hardware platform that improves every generation
  • 06A scalable and cost effective AI vision endpoint

The lifecycle

Everything you need from idea to operation.

Lightapp supports the complete lifecycle of an AI vision solution, from capturing the first footage to managing thousands of deployed applications and triggering real world action.

Step 01

Capture

Android devices collect the footage and operational context needed to understand a process.

Step 02

Build

Lightapp tools organize data, create datasets and support multiple AI engines, including Gemini and specialized computer vision models.

Step 03

Validate

Models are evaluated against real footage, real operating conditions and customer defined success criteria.

Step 04

Deploy

Models ship remotely to Android edge devices and are managed across cameras, sites and customers.

Step 05

Operate

The platform monitors quality, production, downtime, safety, inventory and workforce activity in real time.

Step 06

Understand

Dashboards, reports and AI generated insights turn observations into operational intelligence.

Step 07

Act

Detections trigger alerts, workflows, Andon lights, relays, PLC inputs and connected machinery.

Observation. Decision. Physical action. The loop closes.

The opportunity

What will you build?

Lightapp can be used to create a focused application, an enterprise wide platform, a managed service or an entirely new business.

A vertical AI business

Build an industry specific company using shared Lightapp infrastructure and specialized workflows, data and expertise. Manufacturing, logistics, recycling, food production, agriculture, construction materials, equipment operations.

Your own connected operations platform

Connect cameras, workers, equipment, physical assets and operational workflows. Create your own specialized platform without rebuilding the edge, AI, device management and analytics infrastructure.

Enterprise AI vision applications

Give internal IT and operations teams the tools to build solutions for quality, safety, production, inventory, compliance, asset tracking and process automation.

AI powered service businesses

Deliver recurring services based on continuous visual operational data, including consulting, auditing, safety, quality, risk management and performance improvement.

Intelligent products and equipment

Add visual intelligence, remote monitoring, customer support and proactive services to machinery, equipment and other connected products.

Security and physical intelligence

Build solutions for perimeter monitoring, restricted zones, asset movement, chain of custody, yard activity and operational incident detection.

Build one application. Build an enterprise platform. Build a business.

Commercial models

Businesses that can be built on Lightapp.

Each of these is a real commercial model that the platform already supports. Zira is the first one built this way. It will not be the last.

01

Insurance risk intelligence

Continuously observe workplace conditions, identify risk patterns, verify corrective actions and provide objective data for insurers, brokers and loss prevention teams.

02

AI powered customer success

Help equipment manufacturers understand how customers use their products, identify performance problems, provide proactive support and uncover service or expansion opportunities.

03

Safety as a service

Monitor high risk operations, detect unsafe behavior, document trends and help customers reduce incidents through ongoing measurement and intervention.

04

Quality as a service

Provide continuous product and process inspection without requiring customers to build their own computer vision teams.

05

Remote operational consulting

Allow industrial experts and continuous improvement consultants to observe operations remotely, identify bottlenecks and verify improvements using objective data.

06

Compliance monitoring

Verify that required processes, inspections, protective equipment and operating procedures are consistently followed.

07

Equipment intelligence

Add operational visibility, utilization analytics, predictive service workflows and visual diagnostics to industrial machinery.

08

Physical security intelligence

Go beyond recording video by detecting relevant events, understanding context and connecting security observations to alerts, workflows and physical actions.

09

Visual inventory and asset management

Track materials, products, containers, tools and high value assets as they move through facilities and yards.

10

Franchise and multi-site standards

Help multi location businesses verify operating standards, service levels, safety practices and process consistency across every site.

Who builds with Lightapp

Built for the people creating the next solution.

The platform assumes you know your industry, your customers and your workflows. It supplies everything underneath that.

Enterprise IT and operations teams

Build applications for your own workflows, facilities, systems and operational requirements.

Industry experts and entrepreneurs

Turn industry knowledge into a specialized AI vision company without rebuilding the underlying technology stack.

Equipment manufacturers

Add intelligence, remote visibility and recurring digital services to existing products.

Consultants and service providers

Create scalable, recurring services around safety, quality, productivity, risk and compliance.

Software companies and developers

Add real world visual data and physical actions to existing applications through Lightapp APIs and SDKs.

Strategic partners

Launch new products, vertical platforms and market specific businesses using proven infrastructure.

Example applications

What people build first.

These applications run on the platform today. They demonstrate what can be built. They do not define the company.

Quality inspection

Production counting

Throughput and cycle time

Downtime detection

Labor productivity

Safety events

Inventory visibility

Traceability

Machine activation

Asset movement and utilization

Compliance verification

Customer equipment monitoring

Operational security

Claims and incident evidence

Service level verification

Evidence

Proven across real industrial operations.

Zira

Operator-grade. Proven on the factory floor. Through Zira, its wholly owned operating company serving the pallet industry, Lightapp holds a meaningful position in one of manufacturing's most operationally demanding and underserved markets.

Lightapp technology is deployed in active manufacturing environments across the United States and international markets.

Live pallet inspection at a QC station, captured and graded by a Lightapp endpoint

Live inspection · customer QC station

Trusted on the floor at Kamps Millwood Hinton Challenger CMTP
100+Manufacturing facilities
1,000+Active AI endpoints
5,000+Deployed AI applications
4Continents

Lightapp supports individual sites as well as multi-site enterprise deployments, with applications spanning production, quality, safety, productivity, inventory and process automation.

Where we operate

Deployed across real operations.

Lightapp technology supports individual sites and multi-site enterprises across North America, Australia and EMEA.

Its remotely managed architecture allows applications, models and devices to be deployed and operated across locations without requiring a specialized technical team at every facility.

Active deployment regions

North America

Core commercial footprint and broad pallet industry coverage.

Australia

Multi-site manufacturing deployments.

EMEA

Industrial applications and customer operations.

The proof

Zira: a business built on Lightapp.

Zira is a wholly owned Lightapp company serving pallet manufacturing and recycling. Using the Lightapp platform, Zira has built specialized applications for production counting, quality inspection, recovered material measurement, productivity, safety, inventory and process automation.

Zira demonstrates what can be created when Lightapp's shared infrastructure is combined with focused industry knowledge, workflows and go to market execution.

Lightapp provides

  • Android edge devices
  • Video and data acquisition
  • AI models and inference
  • Validation and deployment
  • Device and model management
  • Dashboards and analytics
  • Automation and triggers
  • APIs and SDKs
  • Enterprise security and infrastructure

Zira adds

  • Pallet industry expertise
  • Specialized applications
  • Industry specific workflows
  • Customer relationships
  • Implementation knowledge
  • Market specific sales and support

Lightapp built the platform. Zira proves that an entire vertical business can be built on it.

Potential next businesses

Risk and insurance Equipment intelligence Safety and compliance AI customer success Security intelligence New industrial verticals

Shared infrastructure

Build once. Apply it across markets.

Builders can focus on the customer, the industry and the problem instead of recreating the underlying platform.

Every business and application inherits

Android edge deployment Video and data acquisition Model development workflows Remote model management Validation tools Enterprise dashboards Operational triggers Hardware integrations APIs and SDKs Security and device management

The thesis

Build your own connected operations platform.

Connected operations companies, Samsara among them, have demonstrated the value of turning real world activity into structured, actionable data. Lightapp makes that core infrastructure available to enterprises, developers and entrepreneurs.

The same platform connects intelligent devices, AI models, operational data, software workflows and physical actions.

Build a broad connected operations platform. Build a focused vertical company like Zira. Build an internal system for your own enterprise.

The stack underneath

Built for Android. Open to the best AI.

Lightapp uses Android devices at the edge and supports Gemini alongside specialized computer vision and AI models. Each application can use the engine that performs best for its process, validated against real operational footage before deployment.

Lightapp connects these technologies through one lifecycle for capture, model development, validation, deployment, analytics and action.

Android

Commercial Android devices as sensing and control endpoints, enrolled, configured and updated remotely with the tooling your fleet already uses.

Pixel

Advanced cameras, edge processors, cellular and Wi-Fi in one supported device with a long update life. Order it, swap it and scale it like any other endpoint.

Gemini and beyond

Ask what happened in plain language and get an answer with the footage behind it. Gemini sits alongside specialized vision models, chosen per application.

Cloud and data

Structured operational data through APIs and exports, into your data warehouse, BI stack or existing dashboards. The cloud environment stays your choice.

Edge AI

Inference runs on the device, next to the operation. Low latency, no full video backhaul across your network, and detection keeps working when the link drops.

Agents

Agents that watch the process, flag exceptions, recommend a decision and trigger action through relays, PLC inputs, Andon lights or your own systems.

Strategic opportunity

A platform, a proven business and a path to many more.

A strategic buyer would acquire more than an AI vision application.

Zira demonstrates the model. Lightapp provides the foundation to repeat it.

Get started

What will you build?

Create an AI vision application for your company. Launch a specialized service. Add intelligence to your product. Build a vertical operating business.

Lightapp provides the platform from camera to action.

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