Veea a pioneer in edge computing and AI-driven solutions, announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the technology of Crowdkeep, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Crowdkeep”) for shares of Veea’s common stock and other consideration.
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Crowdkeep develops and sells a comprehensive enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) platform that disrupts the traditional ways that organizations operate with a technology platform that collects real-time data to help improve the speed and accuracy of critical workplace operations, including schools, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing centers, office towers, construction sites, and virtually any building or campus that need to make fast and informed data-driven decisions about people, assets, and environments.
Crowdkeep’s software platform will be integrated with Veea’s Edge Platform and utilize VeeaHub products, cameras and sensors with edge AI facilitating the tracking of valuable on-site assets, monitoring of equipment condition, eliminate manual processes associated with managing the workplace environment, while accounting for workers’ time, location, attendance and safety. With converged computing, communications, including 5G, AI inferencing and federated learning, distributed NVMe storage, real-time anomaly detection with ML toolchain, and scalable analytics with a serverless data warehouse platform, the combined solution provides for real-time management of the entire network with data privacy and enterprise-grade cybersecurity for both data-at-rest and data-in motion, as well as massive scalability for construction sites, hospitals, schools, smart buildings, hospitality, industrial warehouses and shipping yards, and many more market segments.
This strategic acquisition will strengthen Veea’s market position as a leader in hybrid edge-cloud computing and communications solutions by enhancing its ability to deliver a more comprehensive end-to-end solution with AI-driven cybersecurity and cloud-based data and analytics platform allowing users to store, manage, report and analyze large volumes of data with time-to-insights and event notification for Smart Spaces and a wide range of digital transformations at the edge, ultimately benefitting Veea’s current customers and expanding Veea’s global market presence.
Following the acquisition, Helder Antunes, the current CEO of Crowdkeep and a member of Veea’s board, will be joining Veea’s management team as an Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to Crowdkeep, Mr. Antunes was an executive of Cisco Systems for over twenty years, founder and first Chairman of the OpenFog Consortium. Mr. Antunes will drive the sales and marketing activities at Veea while overseeing a portfolio of strategic accounts with a focus on ensuring accurate and timely revenue recognition, aligning financial reporting with contractual obligations in close collaboration with the finance team.
“This is an important transaction for both Veea and Crowdkeep, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter. This transformative acquisition underscores Veea’s mission to provide innovative solutions that unlock the full potential of edge computing and AI, bridging the gap to a more connected, secure, and intelligent world,” said Allen Salmasi, Chief Executive Officer. “Together, we are combining our strengths to accelerate product innovation, expand our capabilities and addressable markets, while delivering unique capabilities that we believe no other platform currently offers.”
“The need for massive data collection at the edge to safely, efficiently, and proactively manage today’s workplace is rapidly increasing,” said Helder Antunes, Chief Executive Officer of Crowdkeep. “The combined capabilities of Crowdkeep and Veea will provide users with real-time insights and actionable data at the edge that will enhance situational awareness, allow for quick decision-making, and enhance safety with AI-powered predictive intelligence.”
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