Flox Intelligence uses AI to keep wildlife away from infrastructure

Flox Intelligence is developing AI devices that detect nearby wildlife and use species-specific sounds to steer animals away from infrastructure such as roads, railways and airports. The company spun out of KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2020.

A motion sensor wakes a device when it detects movement, activating a camera and on-device models that identify animals. The device then plays a sound suited to the detected species. Founder Sara Nozkova says the system varies its responses to keep animals from getting used to repeated signals.

Flox sells battery-powered units that can be mounted on poles, trees and other structures. Its software platform tracks where devices are deployed and what they detect, and can produce reports for regulatory compliance and biodiversity monitoring. The company says its longer-term aim is to make the software run on vehicles and other outdoor machines.

About 150 Flox devices are operating in North America, Europe and Australia, Nozkova said. They are deployed at locations including airfields, transport corridors, national parks, agricultural land, urban areas and mining sites. Train manufacturer Alstom is an original equipment manufacturer partner that pays an annual fee to use Flox software on vehicles.

Flox expects revenue of about $1.5 million in 2026, Nozkova said. The company has raised about $5 million in pre-seed and seed funding and is opening a $10 million Series A. It plans to use most of that round to expand from about 150 devices to several thousand deployed units and extend the system beyond its current wildlife applications.