Provizio
Provizio supplies the application layer for imaging radar, turning raw radar signals into detection, classification, tracking, free-space and odometry through its MIMSO processing chain and 5D Perception AI models, licensed to automotive and industrial manufacturers rather than sold as sensors.
What is Provizio?
Provizio is an Irish company that sells the software layer of a radar system rather than the radar itself. It describes its product as the application layer of Software Defined Radar: the code that takes raw signals from an imaging radar and turns them into usable perception. The company licenses this technology instead of requiring a customer to buy a particular sensor, which lets an integrator keep its own hardware choices.
The stack has two families. MIMSO is the radar processing chain, covering signal handling and antenna technique: RaZIR for compute-optimised zoom that doubles angular resolution on objects of interest, a patented software-defined sparse array antenna, NoiseReject for suppressing ghost detections from buildings and uneven ground, the DEEP Radar Detector as a machine-learning alternative to CFAR, VIES for separating fast-moving objects at motorway speed, CUBE as a dense 3D data structure, NearSight for objects down to 25 cm, the VOL-LA interchangeable waveguide antenna system, and the SPTDMA multiplexing technique that extracts more resolution from fewer radar chips.
5D Perception is the AI layer built on top. It includes URMAP, a universal radar AI model, and URMAP 360 for centralised compute in satellite radar architectures; a lighter on-the-edge variant for small SoCs; plus radar odometry, radar free-space, classification, occupancy grid mapping, tracking, and an end-to-end radar-only autonomy path that goes from signal to planning and control.
The software runs on edge devices or central GPUs and ships pre-integrated on NVIDIA GPUs, NVIDIA DRIVE and Texas Instruments SoCs. Integration is done through open-source C++ and Python APIs over UDP and DDS, and a Unity-based visualisation engine allows live inspection and recording. Provizio addresses the full supply chain from Tier 2 through Tier 1 and platform vendors to OEMs, across three markets: on-road ADAS, autonomy and robotaxi; off-road industrial work in construction, mining and agriculture; and smart city sensing including drone detection. The company claims more than thirty autonomy innovators, OEMs and suppliers use the software on NVIDIA GPUs, and it has a published partnership with Texas Instruments on an 8x8 satellite imaging radar application. It operates from Shannon in Ireland, with sales and support presences in Detroit and Tokyo.
What it does
- Convert raw radar signals into object detections, classifications and stable tracks
- Produce a radar-only free-space map for path planning and downstream decisions
- Estimate vehicle odometry from the radar point cloud, enabling localisation without GPS
- Build an updatable occupancy grid of static and dynamic objects for SLAM
- Double angular resolution on selected objects of interest through compute-optimised zoom
- Reject noise and ghost detections in highly reflective environments
- Run a perception model directly on an embedded SoC at the edge
When to use Provizio / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if Provizio is the right fit.
When to use Provizio
- Automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers that want production-grade radar perception without building the whole signal-to-perception chain in house
- Engineering teams already committed to NVIDIA GPUs, NVIDIA DRIVE or Texas Instruments radar SoCs, where the stack ships pre-integrated
- Off-road autonomy programmes in construction, mining and agriculture, where dust, rain, snow and mud degrade cameras and LiDAR
- Programmes explicitly pursuing a LiDAR-free path to ADAS, autonomous driving and robotaxi applications
- Manufacturers that need to keep improving a shipped radar function over the vehicle lifecycle through over-the-air software updates
When not to use Provizio
- Anyone expecting self-service access: there is no sign-up, no trial, no download and no published price, only a contact form
- Individual users and small teams, since this is embedded software licensed to industrial manufacturers rather than an end-user product
- Buyers who need a mobile or desktop application, as no iOS or Android app exists and the site shows no store badge
- Teams committed to camera-first or LiDAR-first perception, because the entire product thesis is radar-first
- Organisations that need published pricing to budget a project, as every commercial tier resolves to a sales conversation
How to use Provizio
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Identify which of the three commercial routes fits: MIMSO module licensing, 5D Perception as a Service, or Provizio Total Access
- Submit the contact form on the company page, giving name, work email, country and the product of interest
- Use that same conversation to request a live demonstration, ask product questions or open a pricing discussion
- Attend a 5D Perception demonstration, run on the Irish test bed at Shannon or through the Detroit or Tokyo offices
- Agree the commercial terms directly with Provizio, since no tier carries a published price
- Choose which processing blocks are needed, from a single module up to the complete chain
- Select the compute target: GPU, CPU or SoC, at the edge or in a satellite radar architecture, or bring your own
- Wire the software into the vehicle using the open-source C++ and Python APIs over UDP and DDS, or the supplied drivers
- Specify a custom planar or waveguide antenna if the application needs one, using the MIMSO and VOL-LA techniques
- Once a customer, raise support requests through the Atlassian service desk portal
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Radar-first perception offered as a documented path to ADAS and autonomy without LiDAR
- Modular licensing: a customer can take a single processing block or the entire chain
- Hardware portability across GPUs, CPUs and SoCs, at the edge or centralised, including bring-your-own compute
- Integration APIs and drivers are open source and publicly inspectable, including ROS and ROS 2 drivers
- Radar performs where cameras and LiDAR struggle, which suits mining, construction and agricultural sites
- Over-the-air updates allow the radar function to improve after the vehicle has shipped
- Legal identity is fully verifiable, with a company number, a VAT number valid in VIES and a matching registered address
Cons
- No price is published anywhere: all three commercial tiers resolve to a contact form
- No trial, no self-service access and no way to evaluate the product without a sales conversation
- API documentation is absent from the website; it exists only in a public code repository the site never links to
- The Terms of Use are an unedited US template, governed by Wyoming law and citing HIPAA, FISMA and GLBA, which sits oddly on an Irish company
- The ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 claim carries no certificate number, and the named certification body publishes no client directory
- No data processing agreement, no subprocessor list and no stated hosting country or region
- Product support is reserved for existing customers, with no public support address
Pricing & Plans
Provizio publishes no prices. There is no free plan and no free trial, and the site carries no monetary amount of any kind: dedicated pricing and plan pages do not exist. All three commercial tiers, MIMSO Radar Modules, 5D Perception as a Service and Provizio Total Access, end in the same Contact Us action. The company describes its model as technology licensing and subscription, with the licence scope, the degree of model exclusivity and the integration effort negotiated case by case. Prospective customers should expect a quotation following a sales discussion rather than a published rate card.
- licensing of the radar backend
- either specific blocks or the whole chain
- ready to integrate across GPUs
- CPUs and SoCs
- on the edge or in satellite architectures
- with off-the-shelf or custom APIs and drivers. Price on request.
- subscription access to the continuously improving URMAP AI model
- with flexible levels of exclusivity and customisation ranging from fully crowd-sourced to self-contained
- and optional radar odometry and free-space. Price on request.
- the end-to-end 4D imaging radar software platform from raw signal to environmental perception
- with MIMSO and 5D Perception tuned to the customer's use cases and environment
- integrated on and subscribed from the customer's platform. Price on request.
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how Provizio handles your data.
GDPR overview
Implementation is concrete and explicitly documented. Provizio names both the GDPR and the Irish Data Protection Act 2018, and states that its compliance is intended to be clear and demonstrable at all times. A Data Protection Officer is designated and reachable at dpo@provizio.ai. Seven data subject rights are listed with response times: one month for information, access, rectification and portability; on receipt for objection; without undue delay for restriction and withdrawal of consent. Breaches likely to create risk are notified to the supervisory authority within 72 hours under a named incident response procedure. The Irish Data Protection Commission is identified as the competent authority. Transfers outside the EEA rely on an adequacy decision or Standard Contractual Clauses. A separate section covers CalOPPA and CCPA rights.
Who owns the data?
Provizio Ltd names itself the data controller for the personal data described in its privacy policy, and that policy deliberately covers the whole business rather than the website alone. It spans employees and contractors, customers and suppliers, site visitors, and members of the public whose images or number plates are incidentally captured by the company's sensing technology during road testing. Provizio may disclose data to subsidiaries, contractors and service providers, to its own customers and partners where needed to deliver the product, to public authorities on valid request, and to an acquirer in a merger or asset sale. The Terms of Use separately assign ownership of any user feedback or suggestions to Provizio. Nothing published addresses who owns customer data under a licence agreement.
Reuse rights
The privacy policy lists thirteen purposes, from operating and improving the website and products to administering employment, managing customer and investor relationships, providing support, detecting security issues and meeting legal obligations. One purpose is explicitly technical: to develop, test and validate our sensing and perception technology. The lawful bases cited are contract performance, legal obligation, legitimate interest and consent. Data incidentally captured on public roads relies on legitimate interest, tempered by minimisation, early anonymisation such as blurring faces and plates, restricted access, encryption and a Data Protection Impact Assessment where required. For the end user the picture is one-sided: the documents describe what Provizio may do with data it collects, and say nothing about a licensee reusing data produced through the product. Marketing consent can be withdrawn at any time through an unsubscribe link, and Provizio states that it honours browser Do Not Track signals.
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Hosting summary
Provizio publishes no hosting location. Neither the privacy policy nor any other page names a country, a region, a data centre or a cloud provider for the storage of user or customer data, and the site has no trust or security page. What the privacy policy does say is that personal data may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside the user's own jurisdiction, where data protection law may differ. Transfers outside the European Economic Area are reviewed before they take place and rely on either a European Commission adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses. Provizio states that it maintains an information security management system, with technical and organisational measures proportionate to risk, while acknowledging that no transmission or storage method is completely secure. Google Analytics is the only third-party processor named anywhere. No subprocessor list and no data processing agreement are published, so an organisation with data residency requirements will need to raise the question directly.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting Provizio.
- Safety-critical dependency: this software feeds perception for vehicles and heavy machinery, so an integrator inherits responsibility for validating it in its own operational conditions rather than trusting supplier benchmarks
- The Terms of Use are an unedited US template governed by Wyoming law and citing HIPAA, FISMA and GLBA, so any contractual assurance drawn from that document, including the stated minimum age of 18, is fragile
- The ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 claim names a certification body but no certificate number, and the body publishes no client directory, so the certification could not be verified independently
- The 5D Perception subscription offers exclusivity levels from fully crowd-sourced to self-contained, which implies pooled model improvement across customers, yet no document states what customer data feeds that model
- No data processing agreement, subprocessor list, hosting country or retention period is published, which leaves procurement and privacy teams without the artefacts they normally require
- Buying without published pricing makes cost comparison impossible and shifts all leverage to the sales conversation, a real risk on a long automotive programme
- The unlinked whitepaper section still promotes a hardware device while the current site sells software only, so material found through search may describe an earlier product generation
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
High, and it is an embedded engineering integration rather than an installation. A customer selects processing blocks, chooses a compute target among GPU, CPU or SoC at the edge or in a satellite architecture, then wires the software to other radars or to vehicle ECUs through C++ and Python APIs over UDP and DDS. Custom planar or waveguide antenna work may be required. Provizio's counter-argument is that its perception blocks are pre-trained and ready to use, replacing months of model development, and that pre-integrated NVIDIA and Texas Instruments options reduce effort. No public setup documentation exists on the site.
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Frequently asked questions
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Should you pick Provizio?
Provizio occupies a narrow and coherent position: it sells the software that makes an imaging radar useful, and deliberately not the radar. That choice is consistent across the site, from the modular MIMSO and 5D Perception families to licensing tiers that let a customer take one processing block or the entire chain on the compute platform of their choosing.
The technical claims are unusually well anchored for a company of this size. The eighteen named modules describe specific problems rather than slogans, the integration surface is confirmed by publicly inspectable code including ROS and ROS 2 drivers, and the partnerships with Texas Instruments and NVIDIA are described with enough detail to be checked. The legal identity is equally solid: an Irish company number, a VAT number that validates, and a registered address matching the one on the site.
The weaknesses are commercial and documentary rather than technical. Nothing about price, packaging or evaluation is public, so a buyer cannot size a project without entering a sales conversation. The API documentation lives only in a repository the website never links to. The privacy policy is careful, Irish and business-wide, but the Terms of Use are a generic US template governed by Wyoming law, referencing statutes and an Application that have nothing to do with the business. The ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 badge names its certification body but no certificate number, and could not be verified independently.
This is a supplier for engineering organisations, not for individual users. For an OEM or Tier 1 with a radar programme and an existing NVIDIA or Texas Instruments footprint, it merits a direct conversation. For anyone needing published terms before that conversation, the information simply is not there yet.
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