Alcatraz AI, Inc.

REDWOOD CITY, CA · Founded 2016 · CIK 0001810977 · Cybersecurity

Enterprise facial recognition system for physical access control and tailgating detection

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Grants: —; No SBIR or STTR on record; Sector median: 0
Raised: $19M; 2 Form D · Jun 2021; 64 months since last filing
Contracts: —; No federal contracts on record
Patents: 14; 3 granted · 11 pending; Sector median: 0

Capital Timeline

Federal above the line · equity below · node area scaled to amount

Federal ↑Equity ↓

201920202021

Capital and federal award history
Date	Event	Source	Amount
30 Apr 2020	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$14,019,270
03 Jun 2021	Private capital raised	Form D · SEC	$4,629,887

Form D · SEC

Peer position

Cybersecurity · 603 companies · ranked on federal contract value

Cybersecurity companies ranked by federal contract value
#	Company	Contracts	Disclosed equity
170	STEG AI CORPORATION	—	—
171	CYREN Ltd.	—	$52M
172	WitFoo, Inc.	—	$2.5M
173	Alcatraz AI, Inc.	—	$19M
174	Alice's Table, Inc.	—	$940K
175	COGENT TECHNOLOGY, INC.	—	$10K
176	Kairos Impact Partners LLC	—	$350K

Ranked on federal contract value rather than capital raised. The equity column is the comparison worth making — companies at the same procurement position often sit at very different points in their funding history.

Founders & Team

From Form D filings · 4 related persons

Tina DAgostinDirector · Executive Officer
Vince GaydarzhievDirector · Executive Officer
Scott MacomberDirector
Raymond StataDirector

Patents

USPTO · 3 granted of 14

18 Dec 2025System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication
31 Jul 2025System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication
26 Dec 2024System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication
16 Sept 2021System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication
04 May 2021System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildinggranted
06 Oct 2020System And Method For Optimizing A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildinggranted
09 Jun 2020System And Method For Controlling Access To A Building With Facial Recognitiongranted
—System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication
—System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication
—System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication
—System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication
—System And Method For Provisioning A Facial Recognition-based System For Controlling Access To A Buildingapplication