Blink Identity provides privacy-preserving facial recognition technology that enables touchless entry and payment solutions for event venues. This system enhances customer experience by allowing patrons to bypass lines and make purchases using their facial data, while ensuring their personal information remains secure and under their control.
Funding
$1.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Traditional methods of touchless entry and payment at event venues often raise concerns about data privacy and security. Patrons are wary of systems that require them to relinquish control over their personal information, creating friction and hindering adoption.
Solution
Blink Identity offers a privacy-preserving facial recognition technology that enables touchless entry, payments, and loyalty programs for venues while ensuring user data remains secure and under their control. The system allows patrons to self-enroll by submitting an ID-style photograph, which is then converted into a unique template used for identification. This template is securely linked to an encrypted database, associating the user with purchased tickets or other resources. The underlying machine vision camera captures images at high speed and in any lighting condition, identifying individuals walking at full speed.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes event venues, amphitheaters, and other public spaces seeking to enhance customer experience with touchless entry and payment solutions while prioritizing data privacy.
Features
- High-speed facial recognition identifies individuals walking at full speed, regardless of skin color or gender
- Self-enrollment via a mobile phone, giving users control over their data
- Secure data handling: Blink Identity never sells or shares user data, and users can opt-out at any time by requesting data deletion
- Machine vision cameras designed to capture photographs at high speed and in any lighting condition
- Encrypted database securely links user templates to tickets or other resources
- Streamlined venue entry and fraud prevention
- Aggregate data analysis to improve guest experience