Building the Perception Layer AI Deserves

Building the Perception Layer AI Deserves

We are a team of engineers who have spent years working at the intersection of AI, video systems, and cloud infrastructure. We came together because we saw the same problem: video is stuck in the past.

We are a team of engineers who have spent years working at the intersection of AI, video systems, and cloud infrastructure. We came together because we saw the same problem: video is stuck in the past.

Early experiments with LLMs made one thing clear to us: Agents are coming, but the infrastructure isn't. The tools we have today were built for humans watching screens, not for software that needs to perceive the world.

Early experiments with LLMs made one thing clear to us: Agents are coming, but the infrastructure isn't. The tools we have today were built for humans watching screens, not for software that needs to perceive the world.

For AI to be truly useful in real-world environments, it needs more than just text processing. It needs a real-time perception layer—the ability to see, understand, and act on visual data instantly.

For AI to be truly useful in real-world environments, it needs more than just text processing. It needs a real-time perception layer—the ability to see, understand, and act on visual data instantly.

So we're building something new. Video infrastructure that treats video as a real-time data stream, not a static file on a server. Searchable. Programmable. Intelligent.

So we're building something new. Video infrastructure that treats video as a real-time data stream, not a static file on a server. Searchable. Programmable. Intelligent.

This is the foundation AI needs to work with vision and audio the way it works with text.

This is the foundation AI needs to work with vision and audio the way it works with text.

This is VideoDB.

This is VideoDB.

We are a remote tribe. Headquartered in San Francisco, building from India. You’ll find us where nature, good vibes, music, and creativity thrive, often trading city smog for the quiet peaks of Dharamshala.

We are a remote tribe. Headquartered in San Francisco, building from India. You’ll find us where nature, good vibes, music, and creativity thrive, often trading city smog for the quiet peaks of Dharamshala.

We’ve been together for the past five years, solving complex challenges in video infrastructure for AI. We believe that if AI can see what we see, hear what we hear, and listen to us in real time, it can amplify human expression.

We’ve been together for the past five years, solving complex challenges in video infrastructure for AI. We believe that if AI can see what we see, hear what we hear, and listen to us in real time, it can amplify human expression.

What we built

What we built

What we built

Over the years, we’ve built a unique media format that’s optimized for AI processing. It powers:

Over the years, we’ve built a unique media format that’s optimized for AI processing. It powers:

A universal ingestion engine

A universal ingestion engine

A stack that lets you plug in models to understand your frames and audio without you touching rough video files or streams.

A stack that lets you plug in models to understand your frames and audio without you touching rough video files or streams.

The ability to build indexes and retrieve episodic memory

The ability to build indexes and retrieve episodic memory

A streaming engine that your AI can use.

A streaming engine that your AI can use.

And a video editing stack that AI can control to edit video information in real time

And a video editing stack that AI can control to edit video information in real time

Together, this lets you build agents that can see, understand, and act.

Together, this lets you build agents that can see, understand, and act.

Founder and CEO

Ashu has spent decades at the crossroads of machine learning and distributed computing.

Ashu has spent decades at the crossroads of machine learning and distributed computing.

He believes beauty emerges when complex systems are made simple to use.

He believes beauty emerges when complex systems are made simple to use.

VideoDB has been a journey to find a tribe that loves innovation, grow together, and build a foundation for technology and research where we create useful things that truly matter.

VideoDB has been a journey to find a tribe that loves innovation, grow together, and build a foundation for technology and research where we create useful things that truly matter.

If you catch him offline, talk to him about philosophy, music, maths and physics.

If you catch him offline, talk to him about philosophy, music, maths and physics.

Founder and CEO

We are backed by the best

We are backed by the best

Robin Vasan

Veteran investor in enterprise cloud infrastructure and AI.

Robin Vasan

Veteran investor in enterprise cloud infrastructure and AI.

Robin Vasan

Veteran investor in enterprise cloud infrastructure and AI.

Tara Tan

Early-stage deep-tech investor focused on bold product innovation.

Tara Tan

Early-stage deep-tech investor focused on bold product innovation.

Tara Tan

Early-stage deep-tech investor focused on bold product innovation.

Yohei Nakajima

Seed investor specializing in AI-driven, agentic technologies

Yohei Nakajima

Seed investor specializing in AI-driven, agentic technologies

Yohei Nakajima

Seed investor specializing in AI-driven, agentic technologies

Kranti K. Parisa

Former Search Lead at Apple and Comcast

Kranti K. Parisa

Former Search Lead at Apple and Comcast

Kranti K. Parisa

Former Search Lead at Apple and Comcast

Supported and backed by

Supported and backed by

Join the movement

Join the movement

We're building the future of video. If that excites you, we'd love to hear from you.

We're building the future of video. If that excites you, we'd love to hear from you.

The Perception Layer for AI

Apt 2111 Lansing Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA

HD-239, WeWork Prestige Atlanta, 80 Feet Main Road, Koramangala I Block, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560034

sales@videodb.com

The Perception Layer for AI

Apt 2111 Lansing Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA

HD-239, WeWork Prestige Atlanta, 80 Feet Main Road, Koramangala I Block, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560034

sales@videodb.com

The Perception Layer for AI

Apt 2111 Lansing Street San Francisco, CA 94105 USA

HD-239, WeWork Prestige Atlanta, 80 Feet Main Road, Koramangala I Block, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560034

sales@videodb.com