Emza was founded in June 2007, by three friends: Eitan Ramati, Yossi Givati and Zeev Smilansky. At the time, advanced applications in image processing were mostly academic, and machine learning was practiced by only a few specialists. The market was small and focused on surveillance – systems that evolved from closed-circuit TV applications. These were bulky, expensive, and produced so many false alarms, particularly in outdoor applications, that often they were just ignored.

Our idea was different: let’s bring the intelligence into the camera - a small, inexpensive, battery operated device that includes a low-resolution camera and a low-performance processor, and program it cleverly so it produces real alerts, even when clouds are moving and trees are waving their branches. We did this long before the acronym “AI” was used and edge computing created.
Our inspiration was the little bird, that can find food, build a nest, distinguish friend from foe – all with two tiny eyes and less than half a gram of brain.

We can proudly say today that the original vision of emza is today acknowledged as an industry trend, with our current sensors infinitely tinier and more clever than we had dared to imagine, almost 14 years ago.