Trace offers an autonomous 4K smart‑camera system that continuously records the full field and uses AI to detect and track every player in real time. The platform delivers on‑demand player‑centered video streams, automatically generated highlight reels, and a cloud‑based analytics dashboard with performance metrics, all accessible via secure links or API integration.
Funding
$47M 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
Coaches, players, and families often rely on manual video capture to review sports performance, which is labor‑intensive, misses critical moments, and rarely provides a personalized view of individual athletes. The lack of automated, high‑resolution recording limits the ability to generate timely highlights and data‑driven analytics for player development and scouting.
Solution
Trace delivers an autonomous smart‑camera platform that installs in minutes and continuously records the entire field of play without operator intervention. Its proprietary PlayerFocus AI engine detects and tracks every athlete in real time, enabling on‑demand PlayerCam streams that keep a chosen player centered in the frame. Users can switch to TraceCam for a full‑pitch perspective or add a mobile device for MultiCam angles, creating a multi‑view composite of each event. The system automatically compiles AI‑generated highlight reels and feeds performance metrics into an analytics dashboard, allowing coaches and scouts to review skill‑specific clips instantly. All video and metadata are uploaded to a secure cloud service, where they can be shared via public profiles or embedded links for recruiters, family, and media.
Target Audience
The primary customers are youth and amateur soccer (and basketball) clubs, coaches, and player development programs, as well as parents and athletes seeking personalized video content for recruitment and performance review.
Features
- Fully automated 4K smart camera with edge‑compute processor that initiates recording on field activation
- PlayerFocus AI computer‑vision pipeline for real‑time multi‑object detection, pose estimation, and continuous player tracking
- PlayerCam view that dynamically re‑centers the selected athlete using predictive motion modeling
- TraceCam full‑field view and MultiCam smartphone integration for synchronized multi‑angle streams
- AI Reels engine that auto‑generates skill‑based highlight clips using event classification and shot‑selection algorithms
- Cloud‑native analytics suite delivering per‑player heat maps, distance covered, and performance KPIs via a web dashboard
- Secure end‑to‑end encrypted storage with role‑based access controls and GDPR‑compliant data handling
- RESTful API for third‑party LMS, scouting platforms, and video‑editing tools to ingest raw footage and analytics