Innoviz Enters the Security Market with InnovizSMART

16 July, 2025

The new sensor is a compact, ruggedized version of the company’s LiDAR developed for the automotive industry. Innoviz announced a strategic collaboration with UK-based Cron AI and India’s Sparsh CCTV 

[Image above: The new InnovizSMART sensor]

Israeli company Innoviz Technologies, headquartered in Rosh HaAyin, is expanding into the perimeter and facility security market through a strategic partnership with India’s Sparsh and the UK’s Cron AI. The three companies signed an agreement to jointly develop a security solution for the Indian market based on a combination of cameras, LiDAR sensors, and AI-based image processing software, designed for installation in transport infrastructure, public facilities, train stations, and other critical assets.

According to Indian research firm Grand View Research, the perimeter security market in India was valued at approximately $3.23 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a 14% annual rate through 2030. Cron AI’s internal research estimates that the emerging smart transport and infrastructure protection market in India represents a $1 billion opportunity for solutions that combine LiDAR and camera technologies.

Sales and distribution will be handled by Sparsh CCTV, based in New Delhi, one of India’s largest surveillance camera manufacturers. The company operates two factories that produce around 500,000 cameras per year, is active in 120 Indian cities, and exports to 10 countries. Cron AI, headquartered in London, specializes in sensor-based scene understanding. Its flagship product, senseEDGE, is a compact Android-based edge computer running deep learning software that processes data from 3D sensors such as LiDAR, radar, and camera arrays.

Compact and Rugged

Cron AI’s computer operates at just 8 watts and performs sensor fusion, integrating data from multiple sources into a unified model of the environment. The results are then transmitted to a network hub or cloud service. The InnovizSMART sensor was specifically designed for industrial and security applications, which lie outside the company’s core automotive market. It is smaller than the company’s standard sensors, features a ruggedized casing, operates at 12V, provides 3D detection at ranges of 2 to 400 meters, and uses a PoE (Power over Ethernet) interface—allowing both power and data transmission via a single cable.

The sensor was officially launched last month, alongside a separate collaboration between Innoviz and Israeli robotics software company Cogniteam. That partnership focuses on developing a joint navigation and perception solution for security and robotic systems, based on Cogniteam’s software and the InnovizSMART sensor.

Innoviz CEO Omer Keilaf described the move as “bringing technology from the automotive world into the rapidly growing Indian market for transportation and infrastructure protection.”
Innoviz is listed on the NASDAQ with a current market cap of approximately $320 million.

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