AI-Powered Building Management / VergeSense is a Y Combinator-backed startup that develops an AI-powered sensing device for facility management. The sensor-as-a-system platform consists of sensing devices containing a series of different sensor hardware, including an image sensor, coupled with a cloud platform for pre-training machine learning models that run on the hardware, process data and report occupancy analysis back to VergeSense’s cloud. Funding: $82.6M (Series C) What they do: https://vergesense.com/ is a data analytics company for work spaces. In other words, the software helps businesses measure and track office space usage. Notable customers include RBC, Quicken Loans, and Cisco. US-based startup https://vergesense.com/product builds modern sensors with deep learning to improve the workplace environment. Entryway is one of the sensors offered by the startup that offers visibility into space utilization in a building and how occupants interact with each other. This allows building owners to maximize workspace utilization in their buildings and improve the overall occupant experience.