Percepta uses cutting-edge computer vision and deep learning technology to catch shoplifting. Percepta's AI gives real-time alerts and, "ethically" anonymizes demographic features of shoppers to protect their privacy and mitigate bias. (Techstars '20)
Location: Canada, Nova Scotia, Roxbury
Employees: 1001-5000
Total raised: $1M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Techstars | techstars.... |
| - | Comcast LI... | lift.comca... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 20.09.2020 | - | $1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
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| 19.02.2026 | US judge blocks ex-Palantir staffers from poaching workers for new AI firm | Feb 18 : A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday granted Palantir Technologies' bid to block two ex-employees from soliciting its workers to join the company they launched last year, Percepta AI, but declined to stop the former employees ... |
| 13.01.2026 | Palantir is trying to ‘destroy’ Percepta through legal action, startup’s execs say in filing | Percepta AI executives said Palantir is attempting to “scare” workers from leaving and is trying to prevent the startup from growing. Palantir sued the Percepta employees, who used to work for Palantir, late last year, accusing them of stea... |
| 11.12.2025 | Palantir sues former employees, says Percepta AI CEO set out to ‘pillage’ top developers | Palantir expanded its lawsuit against two former employees to include the CEO of their new company, Percepta AI. The court filing alleged that the three employees violated their non-solicitation agreements. The suit claims that the employee... |
| 30.10.2025 | Palantir sues engineers who left to form 'copycat' Percepta AI | Palantir Technologies on Thursday sued two of its former senior engineers, accusing them of using the software company's secret information to launch a "copycat" firm, Percepta AI. The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court claims tha... |
| 25.01.2021 | These are Philly’s young tech companies to watch this year: RealLIST Startups 2021 | New year means new list of promising local startups to watch. Each January at Technical.ly, it’s become tradition for the reporters in each of our mid-Atlantic markets to pore over their notes, check in on past coverage, and keep our ear to... |
| 27.07.2020 | Medtech company Headway won Pennovation Accelerator’s 2020 virtual pitch day | Pennovation Center’s 2020 accelerator ended on July 16 with a virtual version of its Pitch Day event. Now in its third year, the six-week program supports 10 startups with business development and networking. On Pitch Day, each startup gave... |
| 11.06.2020 | Meet the 10 early-stage companies in Pennovation Accelerator’s 2020 cohort | Now in its third year, the Pennovation Center introduced summer 2020 cohort of the Pennovation Accelerator on Wednesday. Ten startups working in the software, medical device and consumer product fields were selected from 70 applications to ... |
| 13.05.2020 | This Penn startup uses ‘ethical AI’ to avoid racial profiling in shoplifting monitoring | Percepta, a year-old security startup out of University of Pennsylvania, is making moves this summer — namely in that four of its five cofounders are graduating from undergrad next week and are joining the Pennovation Accelerator in June to... |