Flox Intelligence is building AI to keep wildlife away from trains, airports, and roads

Flox Intelligence, a spinoff from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, is developing an AI-driven wildlife-deterrent system to prevent animal-vehicle collisions on roads, railways, and airports. Founded by Sara Nozkova, who spent 13 years in transportation and autonomous vehicles, the company makes edge devices that process data on-site. These devices use motion sensors and cameras to identify nearby animals and emit species-appropriate sounds to scare them away, learning from experience to avoid habituation. About 150 devices are deployed in North America, Europe, and Australia at airfields, road and rail corridors, national parks, and other critical infrastructure. The company sells edge units and annual software subscriptions, with OEM partnerships including Alstom. Flox expects about $1.5 million in revenue by the end of 2026 and has raised about $5 million in pre-seed and seed funding. It is now opening a $10 million Series A to scale to several thousand units and expand beyond wildlife use cases.

(Source：TechCrunch)