The company combines security equipment such as video cameras, access control systems and environmental sensors, with cloud based machine vision and artificial intelligence.

Kaliszan, Ren, and Bercovitz had previously collaborated on CourseRank, a class data aggregation platform that was acquired by Chegg in 2010.

[4] Verkada exited the beta development stage in September 2017, with a product offering of two camera models.

[7] It also added features to let customers detect when crowds are forming, and to identify high traffic areas that might need more cleaning.

[10] In September, the company began donating security cameras to Asian Pacific American business communities, starting with the Oakland California Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, to address growing anti-Asian threats and violence against its members.

It was later reported that 95 customers' video and images data were accessed[17][18][19] Crimew told Bloomberg News that the hack "exposes just how broadly we're being surveilled".

[32] The use of surveillance cameras equipped with facial recognition technology ends up affecting the daily lives of residents in poor neighbourhoods and public housing areas[citation needed].