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computer vision software and models

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

horizontal · 131 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Products in this niche process, analyze, and extract actionable insights from images, live video streams, and spatial sensor feeds. They are typically adopted by machine learning engineers, robotics teams, and enterprise developers automating visual workflows across industries like manufacturing, aerospace, and healthcare. Unlike generic analytics platforms or broad multimodal tools, these offerings focus specifically on specialized visual perception, object detection, and automated spatial reasoning.

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Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
transload – we measure freight with security cameras YC 8 2026-05-18
Can an AI model fit on a single pixel? HN 8 2026-04-08
We built an OCR server that can process 270 dense images/s on a 5090 HN 8 2026-04-23
I made a computer vision tool for evaluating deadlift form HN 8 2026-10-01
OpenCode Senses, An insanely fast and highly accurate vision plugin HN 8 2026-08-13
genpark-spatial-relationship-grounding-evaluator-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-26
DeepFace Cloud HN 7 2026-05-29
autovision-vehicle-intelligence GITHUB 7 2026-09-11
30min video analysis for $0.003 via frame-tiling and Vision API HN 7 2026-01-18
genpark-gui-screen-som-coordinate-mapper-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-26
genpark-visual-grounding-spec-comparison-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-14
genpark-bounding-box-iou-coordinate-normalizer-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-29
av-rig-4d-demo GITHUB 7 2026-09-15
SAM3-CPU HN 6 2026-04-01
depth-video-converter GITHUB 6 2026-09-11
I generated a "stress test" of 200 rare defects from 7 real photos HN 6 2026-02-12
Self Hosted System One Decision API for Images HN 6 2026-10-11
Yolov11n by C on Raspberry Pi 5 HN 6 2026-09-12
Rebuilding ARKit 3D Reconstruction HN 5 2026-07-29
Understand the picture of the day HN 5 2026-01-10
Synthetic Webcam Scene Dataset PH 4 2026-09-30
Mecha Wayfinder: locating any finding, anywhere, in any medical image. YC 3 2026-10-01
Score Studio PH 3 2026-09-17
StopSlouching PH 2 2026-09-08
VISTAlabs PH 1 2026-09-18
ClarityRadar PH 1 2026-09-13
BarqScan PH 1 2026-09-23
Complisight PH 1 2026-10-11
Artificial Intelligence PH 1 2026-09-27
FaceGPT PH 1 2026-09-14
BikeFit/LAB PH 1 2026-09-22