Breach
150,000 cameras breached
2021Hackers accessed live feeds from 150,000 Verkada cameras inside hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, and Tesla — exposing how centralized the footage had become.
Cloud Video Surveillance
Verkada
Verkada sells hybrid-cloud security cameras and access control managed from one dashboard, with analytics that can search footage by face and physical attributes and, since 2026, AI that issues escalating spoken warnings to people it flags. It is deployed across 30,000+ organizations — schools, hospitals, businesses, and government facilities — with more than two million devices online. A December 2025 round valued it at about $5.8 billion.
◍ San Mateo, CaliforniaEst. 2016
People & money behind it
Filip Kaliszan→Hans Robertson→James Ren→Benjamin Bercovitz→Sequoia Capital→Meritech Capital→Felicis Ventures→First Round Capital→Founder Collective→Next47→Linse Capital→BDT & MSD Partners→Alkeon Capital Management→Lightspeed Venture Partners→General Catalyst→Eclipse Ventures→CapitalG (Alphabet)→NVIDIA→
Agencies & customers
Local LE
Products (11)
Verkada Cameras→Verkada Command→People Analytics→Verkada AI-Powered Deterrence→Verkada Security Cameras (Dome, Bullet, Fisheye, PTZ, Mini series)→People Analytics & Face Search→License Plate Recognition (LPR) Bullet Cameras→Verkada Access Control→Verkada Intercom→Verkada Alarms with Professional Monitoring→Verkada Environmental & Air Quality Sensors (SV series)→
Abuses & incidents
Abuse
Employees used cameras to harass women
2020Verkada staff used the company's own office cameras and face tools to harass female colleagues — a preview of how such analytics can be abused.
Further reading
- ↳Verkada raises at $3.2B valuation — Forbes, 2022
- ↳Verkada valued at $5.8 billion in CapitalG-led round — CNBC, 2025 ↗