{"id":98246,"title":"Lexius — 🚨 AI for any Security Camera","tagline":"We make any old security camera intelligent","body":"**Hi! 👋** We’re [David](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidelskamp) and [Liam](https://www.linkedin.com/in/liamwebsterxyz) - co-founders of [Lexius](https://www.lexius.ai/).\n\n## TL;DR\n\nLexius turns existing security cameras into AI security guards that **detect theft, prevent liability, and turns months of video into searchable answers.** Trusted by 7-Eleven, Erewhon and Prada.\n\n**_Ask_:** Do you have/work with a lot of **security cameras** or know someone who does? Email [david@lexius.ai](mailto:david@lexius.ai).\n\n\u003chttps://youtu.be/lBq4dXcfb0k\u003e\n\n## **❌** The Problem\n\nBuildings with security cameras generate **thousands of hours of footage**, but:\n\n* No one has time to review it\n* Investigations take days of scrubbing video\n* Critical moments get missed\n* Legacy systems are hard to access and impossible to scale\n\n_Security cameras generate video. They don’t generate answers._\n\n## 🎥 Our Solution\n\nLexius runs on top of **any existing camera** system and gives them **superpowers**:\n\n* **Access**: Instantly view live or recorded footage from anywhere.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=98246\u0026key=user_uploads/1856621/08a8927c-63df-49c5-bb65-e9288028a1eb)\n\n* **AI Alerts**: Receive real time alerts for shoplifting, fall incidents or anything you’d like. Sent right to your phone.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=98246\u0026key=user_uploads/1856621/2c748d8f-91e3-422b-9d32-3570f8ad85dd)\n\n* **Search and Trace**: Instantly search across months of footage across all your sites and follow a person across multiple cameras and visits in seconds.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=98246\u0026key=user_uploads/1856621/60b9cf00-9014-4f54-9211-e8269edb89e3)\n\n* **Repeat Offenders:** Automatically identify, track, and alert on individuals who return across multiple visits, helping teams build stronger cases and prevent problems.\n* **Case Building**: Automatically stitch events together and generate clean, ready to use case files with evidence.\n\n_Setup takes minutes, not weeks._\n\n## Who It’s For\n\n**Warehouses / Manufacturing / Hotels / Offices / Campuses / Casinos / Law enforcement / Retail / Malls**\n\n_If you have cameras, Lexius can unlock more value from them._\n\n## Erewhon loves our product and uses it across their stores!\n\n\u003chttps://youtu.be/KGi-CWVp0dc\u003e\n\n[_www.lexius.ai_](https://www.lexius.ai/)","slug":"PYc-lexius-ai-for-any-security-camera","created_at":"2026-02-27T07:29:04.860Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T06:13:43.807Z","total_vote_count":48,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PYc-lexius-ai-for-any-security-camera","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=98246\u0026key=user_uploads/1856621/60b9cf00-9014-4f54-9211-e8269edb89e3","company":{"id":31094,"name":"Lexius","slug":"lexius","url":"https://www.lexius.ai","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/3f713f0f123c886d7ce59127e88d9c062f767183.png","batch":"Winter 2026","industry":"B2B","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/31094"}}