# Unleash live

> Unleash live is a Sydney-based enterprise computer vision company that turns live video and imagery from drones, CCTV, IP cameras and mobile devices into real-time, actionable insights. Its cloud and edge platform runs a library of AI models to inspect critical infrastructure - power lines, wind turbines, solar farms, rail, roads and industrial sites - detecting faults, corrosion and equipment wear so utilities, transport authorities and resource companies can inspect assets faster and safer. Alongside the core platform it offers Autofly for automated drone and robot inspections and an AI App marketplace for building and deploying custom vision models.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Sydney, Australia
- **Founders:** Hanno Blankenstein (Co-Founder & Group CEO), Jason Grier (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~40 employees
- **Products:** Unleash.Cloud (Unleash live platform), Autofly, Unleash.Edge, AI App Store / marketplace, Cortex (computer vision engine)
- **Notable:** Winner, AFR AI Awards 2025 - Productivity and Efficiency category, Winner, Australian AI Awards 2025 - Responsible AI, Awarded AWS Public Safety & Disaster Response Competency (2020)

## Products & services

- **Unleash.Cloud (Unleash live platform)** — Cloud-based enterprise computer vision platform that connects any combination of enterprise video and imagery - VMS, IP/CCTV, drones, body cams, mobile and robotic cameras - and applies AI analysis in real time, integrating results into existing workflows and dashboards.
- **Autofly** — Connected drone and robot automation and inspection tool. Enables remote drone and camera control plus automated, repeatable inspections (corridor, survey and individual-asset missions) with real-time multi-device streaming, GIS integration and AI-assisted fault detection.
- **Unleash.Edge** — Edge-deployed software for camera connectivity, on-device AI analysis and data export for on-premise or hybrid environments where bandwidth or data sovereignty matters.
- **AI App Store / marketplace** — Industrial AI App platform and developer program where teams can build, publish and deploy custom computer vision apps and models for their own assets and industries.
- **Cortex (computer vision engine)** — The computer vision intelligence engine that automatically analyzes imagery to detect component faults, condition changes and asset-health indicators - covering solar PV and power-line fault detection, wind-turbine blade faults, traffic and public-transport analytics, perimeter security and 3D modelling.

## Achievements

- Winner, AFR AI Awards 2025 - Productivity and Efficiency category
- Winner, Australian AI Awards 2025 - Responsible AI
- Awarded AWS Public Safety & Disaster Response Competency (2020)
- Analyzed 30M+ minutes of video and reported 500%+ growth since March 2020 (as of 2021)
- Raised A$17M Series B in May 2025 to expand across the Americas and Europe
- Presented and demoed critical-infrastructure computer vision at the AWS Sydney Summit

## Latest updates

- **2026** — Shipped '2026 Release #1' for computer vision and Autofly v26.04, adding AR-guided manual inspections, reworked Smart Inspect scanning and colour-coded map status.
- **2025-05** — Closed A$17M Series B to expand commercial teams in the Americas and Europe and scale its Cloud AI platform and integrated analytics services.
- **2025** — Won the AFR AI Awards (Productivity and Efficiency) and the Australian AI Awards (Responsible AI).
- **2024-10** — CEO Hanno Blankenstein featured on SAP's 'Trending Chats' podcast discussing the business value of computer vision.
- **2024-07** — Blankenstein joined the Siemens 'Beyond 1%' summit panel on industrial automation.

## Links

- Website: https://unleashlive.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unleash-live
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/unleashlive
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unleashlive
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/UnleashLive/

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Last updated: 2026-07-24