Rayner wanted a version of a "black box recorder" that could identify the root cause of vehicle crashes, which could then provide clues about how to avoid such accidents in the future.

In early 2000, Ed Andrew joined as President while Gary Rayner managed the hardware and software product development teams.

By November 2002, the company received three patents for technology related to its DriveCam video event data recorder.

[7] In 2007, DriveCam partnered with American Family Insurance to provide a video feedback program in which parents could review the driving actions of their teens.

[18] Also in 2011, ONEOK, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G), Waste Industries, Linde and Pat Salmon & Sons joined as new clients.

[19] In December 2011, DriveCam announced its acquisition of Rair Technologies, LLC, a provider of compliance services for commercial trucking fleets.

They found that Lytx's video-based driver safety program has the potential to reduce fatalities, collisions and injuries.

[26] In 2015, Lytx launched its ActiveVision service at the American Trucking Associations' annual Management Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia.

[27] The service uses machine vision technology to identify patterns that may be indicative of distracted and drowsy driving such as lane departures and following distances.

[31][32] Later that year, Mack Trucks announced an offer of a pre-wire option of DriveCam and Video Services in all Granite Class 8 vehicles.

[35] The Accelerator Program plans to use the dataset compiled from more than 100 billion miles of driving data and over 1 million drivers to help smart cities improve traffic and transit flows.

Lytx was also awarded Company of the Year for Video Safety Solutions by industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.

[40] In March 2021, Fast Company announced their top ten most innovative companies in data science and included Lytx as #9 citing Lytx's updated platform, new AI and machine learning technologies that identified phone use 133% more often, and 120 billion miles of driving data as reasons for the award.

[41] In November 2011, Lytx received an $85-million investment from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe to fund expansion and the acquisition of RAIR Technologies.

[44] On February 18, 2016, GCTR, a Chicago-based private equity firm, announced it had agreed to purchase Lytx for $500 million in an all cash transaction that closed the first quarter of 2016.