Our Story
A little robot named “Wally” inspired us to make Computer Vision easier, more accessible, and ready for the “enterprise masses.”
Founded
August, 2018 - alwaysAI was incorporated by co-founders Marty Beard and Steve Griset - enterprise SW, mobility and networking veterans.
Seed Round
December, 2018 - $4M from early-stage VC BlueRun Ventures (PayPal, Waze) and our CEO - hired core engineers and opened San Diego office.
Released Beta
October, 2019 - Offered a free version of our end-to-end platform to a large, private group of beta testers – gained feedback for GA roadmap.
20,000 Developers +
February to December 2020 - Released GA version to the market, quickly passing 20K registered developers driving over 6K projects.
Additional Funding
January, 2021 - $5M from BlueRun, Longley Capital and several Angels to accelerate product development and ignite Sales and Marketing activities.
Enterprise Customers
March, 2021 - Hired Sales team and quickly signed several enterprise deals across Retail, Transportation and Manufacturing industries.
Expansion
Q4 2021+ - Significantly expanding product roadmap and enterprise pipeline and partnerships.

Marty Beard
Brand Pillars

Marty Beard
Brand Pillars
Product
Team
Timing
Location
Technology
Product
Product-centered, quality is paramount
Team
Founders offer a level of experience unique to typical startup
Timing
Good timing in the market for Computer Vision
Location
San Diego is a hot spot for high tech (new Silicon Valley)
Technology
Major part of the tech stack and will have an impact on all industries
Kickstart your project with us
We’ve built a team of seasoned engineers and entrepreneurs who are passionate about AI, deep learning and Computer Vision. We are working every day to produce a highly innovative and easy-to-use software platform for developers to build and deploy CV applications on the Edge.

Marty Beard
CEO & Co-Founder

Steve Griset
CTO & Co-Founder

Jeff Fallis
Head of Sales

Liz Oz
Head of Marketing

Eric VanBuhler
Director of Software Engineering

Scott Miller
Head of Product & Partner Management

Justin Rich
Director of Cloud Engineering and IT

Todd Gleed
Senior Product Manager

Dalton Varney
Corporate Strategy & Business Development Manager

Dan Cooper
Sales Director

Dennis Zavolock
Account Executive

Lucas Dias
Sales Development Representative

Sadegh Nouri Gooski
Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Matthew London
Machine Learning Engineer

Lila Mullany
Software Engineer & Developer Advocate

Tony Jesudoss
Computer Vision Engineer

Elizabeth Alves
Multimedia Marketing Specialist

Carlos Lazo
Cloud Engineer

Mitch Rosenlof
Software Engineer

Shesh Mali
Embedded Software Engineer