Our Story
Innovation rarely comes from comfort. It comes from seeing a problem up close — and refusing to ignore it.
IrisKey.ai was founded by an inventor who has spent over two decades at the intersection of transport safety, security, and real-world risk.
Long before "AI" became a buzzword, our founder designed and built one of the UK's earliest connected vehicle camera systems — at a time when mobile data was limited, hardware was bulky, and the industry barely believed it was possible. That system went on to be widely deployed, helping protect drivers, fleets, and insurers across the UK.
From recording incidents to preventing them
Over years of working with fleets, drivers, and operators, the same failures kept repeating. Vehicles being used by the wrong person. Drivers operating while fatigued or impaired. Identity checks that could be bypassed. Safety systems that reacted after harm had already occurred.
The industry had become very good at evidence after the event — but not at stopping incidents before they happened.
That insight became the turning point. Instead of asking "What happened?" The better question was: "Should this vehicle even be allowed to operate right now?"
The birth of IrisKey
IrisKey.ai was created to answer that question. Not with more screens. Not with more paperwork. But with a biometric, real-time permission layer that sits between a human and a vehicle.
At its core, IrisKey verifies who is operating, whether they are fit to operate, and whether the vehicle is authorised to move — all before ignition, movement, or control is granted.
No valid human. No valid state. No operation.
Designed for the real world
IrisKey wasn't designed in theory. It was shaped by real fleets, real accidents, real failures of existing systems, and real legal, insurance, and regulatory constraints.
That's why the platform is non-intrusive, tamper-resistant, jurisdiction-aware, and scalable — from a single vehicle to global transport networks. And crucially, it is designed to work across road, rail, maritime, aviation, and autonomous systems.
A new standard for transport safety
IrisKey.ai is not just a product. It is a shift in how transport risk is controlled. From reactive to preventative. From vehicle-centric to human-authorised. From after-incident compliance to before-operation permission.
Our mission is simple:
To make unsafe operation impossible — not just detectable.
The future of transport will be autonomous, connected, and increasingly software-defined. But no matter how advanced vehicles become, human identity, responsibility, and fitness will always matter.
IrisKey.ai exists to ensure that trust, safety, and accountability are built into transport systems from the very first moment of operation.