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Spending power
Brand profile · Retail
Collingwood, Victoria-based black.ai operates in Retail. Ownership is privately held; it publishes at black.ai. It holds one address on record, all in Australia. The record counts 18 people. Tagged retail analytics, privacy and retail security. Its latest round on record is Seed, US$3.7M. It is listed alongside six similar brands, mostly in Software Development.
Black.ai helps retailers improve in-store performance by using existing camera infrastructure to map customer journeys and behaviours. We provide connected videos and data analysis of shopper behaviour as they engage with the store to help retail teams plan and execute store operations.
Our privacy-first platform (no facial recognition or gait analysis) measures the effectiveness of advertising and retail media on shopper intent with the aim of boosting in-store sales conversion.
We also assist asset protection teams by identifying suspicious behaviour and compiling relevant footage across cameras for case investigations.
We collect data in real-time, enabling a future for true store automation based on customer behaviour to support retailers in delivering a responsive store experience.
| Countries | 1 |
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| Primary country | AU |
All codes: AU
| Rounds | 5 |
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| Axis | 2017 to 2026 |
| Seed · 27 Jul 2022 | US$ 3.7M |
Dated rounds only. The axis ends at the date this profile was last observed, not at today.
TheGrid Corporate Spending Power index would rate purchasing capacity from registry, scale and activity signals.
Spending power
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4 employee profiles on record · names withheld.
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The record holds 18 counted staff profiles at January 2026, inside the self-reported 11–50 band.
One address on record, Australia only. Primary: 51 Langridge St, Collingwood, Victoria 3066.
Five rounds. Latest 27 July 2022: Seed, US$3,700,000, investor Jelix Ventures.
21 tags on the brand's own list, among them retail analytics, privacy and retail security.
14 profiles list black.ai as a peer — 98th percentile in Retail. It lists ten peers of its own. PAN Group and aKin list it back.