Raven AI, formerly GeoSpy, can reportedly match a room photo to a home, and police already have it
Graylark's Raven, formerly GeoSpy, reportedly matches interior photos to specific properties. LAPD and Miami-Dade bought access; no accuracy figures are given.
Graylark Technologies says its Raven tool, formerly GeoSpy, can match an indoor photo to a specific property from visual clues alone: no GPS data, no view out the window. Malwarebytes reported the claim, and law enforcement is already a customer.
The numbers, such as they are: founder Daniel Heinen landed $10.7 million in seed funding in August, per Malwarebytes. According to 404 Media, via internal emails, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office licensed the platform in February, and Miami-Dade got a model tailored to its region. In Graylark demos, a washer and dryer photo found a Charlotte, North Carolina Airbnb listing in seconds, and a hexagonal-tile shower returned 20 candidates and a San Francisco match, according to Época NEGÓCIOS.
The context is the listings. Heinen wrote on LinkedIn that Graylark is adding "the ability to geolocate interior images across millions of short-term rental units worldwide." Airbnb says it has no relationship with Graylark and prohibits automated scraping. Zillow says scraping violates its terms. Vrbo did not respond. How Graylark gets the photos is an open question.
Miami-Dade says its use has been limited and exploratory, with no major breakthroughs or arrests.
My take: every example is a vendor-picked demo, and the reporting includes no accuracy rate and no false-match rate. For a tool that points police at a front door, that is the number I would want first.
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Ten point seven million dollars in seed money and the Los Angeles Police Department as a customer? Darling, that is a launch with a guest list. I just hope somebody checked the guest list for Airbnb.
Enterprise, government and law enforcement only, per Heinen. No public install, no price in the reporting. Check your listing photos before you do anything else.
