# Ariadne

> Ariadne is a Munich-based, privacy-first physical-world analytics company that measures how people move through real spaces - shops, malls, train stations and airports - without cameras or facial recognition. Its patented Hybrid Fusion technology pairs anonymous phone-signal sensing with Time-of-Flight depth sensing to deliver up to 99% accurate people counting and sub-meter flow analytics, all GDPR-native and EU AI Act ready. Founded by two Greek engineers who met at the Technical University of Munich, Ariadne has installed more than 1,000 sensors across 800+ locations in 32+ countries, serving customers like San Diego International Airport, IKEA, MediaMarkt and Deutsche Bahn.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Munich, Germany
- **Founders:** Dr. Georgios Pipelidis (CEO & Co-founder), Nikos Tsiamitros (CTO & Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~37 employees (sources range 11-50)
- **Products:** People Counting, Crowd Analytics & People Flow, Indoor Navigation, Visitor Marketing, Employee Scheduling
- **Notable:** Won the Precise Positioning Award at IPIN 2018, outperforming Google, IBM, Samsung, Cisco and Sony., Won Best Mobility Application Award at MICC (2016) with a €12,000 prize., Indoor localization demonstrated up to two orders of magnitude more accurate than GPS.

## Products & services

- **People Counting** — Privacy-first, camera-free people counting with up to 99% accuracy in optimal conditions and 95%+ in typical retail and airport deployments, built on patented Hybrid Fusion sensing.
- **Crowd Analytics & People Flow** — Sub-meter indoor and outdoor flow analytics, heatmaps, dwell-time measurement, queue management and journey mapping for retail, transport hubs and smart cities.
- **Indoor Navigation** — App-free indoor positioning up to two orders of magnitude more accurate than GPS, enabling wayfinding inside malls, airports and stations.
- **Visitor Marketing** — Omni-channel and proximity marketing tools that turn anonymized visitor insight into customer engagement.
- **Employee Scheduling** — Staff-scheduling optimization driven by live footfall, so peaks are covered and quiet hours are not over-staffed.
- **Ariadne Pulse & ToFu sensors** — Edge hardware that performs on-device anonymization - capturing no faces, device IDs or personally identifiable information.

## Achievements

- Won the Precise Positioning Award at IPIN 2018, outperforming Google, IBM, Samsung, Cisco and Sony.
- Won Best Mobility Application Award at MICC (2016) with a €12,000 prize.
- Indoor localization demonstrated up to two orders of magnitude more accurate than GPS.
- Installed 1,000+ sensors across 800+ locations in 32+ countries.
- Helped San Diego Airport concessionaires increase revenue 55% and add ~€4M in annual non-aeronautical revenue.
- GDPR-native and EU AI Act-ready, identifier-free by design.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Future Travel Experience reports Ariadne transforming passenger experience at San Diego International Airport with real-time people-flow insights.
- **2025** — Published Ariadne Fusion technology delivering sub-meter indoor crowd analytics.
- **2023-05** — Closed $7M Series A led by Marathon Venture Capital.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ariadne.inc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ariadne-gmbh
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ariadne_maps
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ariadnegmbh/

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Last updated: 2026-06-16