Flai
AI platform (Flai Cortex) that automatically classifies and vectorizes LiDAR point clouds and Earth-observation data into 3D geospatial products.
Flai (flai.ai, Flai d.o.o.) is a Ljubljana, Slovenia-based company building Flai Cortex, an AI engine that automates classification of LiDAR point clouds and Earth-observation imagery into structured 3D geospatial products. The platform ships nine pretrained models covering aerial, mobile-mapping, national-mapping, utility, forestry, and defense use cases, classifying into 29+ semantic categories at up to 1M points/second, deployable in the cloud, on customer GPUs, or fully air-gapped for defense/government environments. Flai has been selected for NATO's DIANA decision-superiority accelerator and the EU's EUDIS Business Accelerator, and lists government/institutional customers including the European Space Agency and the Republic of Estonia.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Founded
- 2022
- Employees
- 11-50
- Total funding
- Undisclosed
- Stage
- Undisclosed
- Status
- active
- Domains
- LiDAR and point-cloud processing, Geospatial AI, 3D mapping
- Website
- www.flai.ai
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Programs3
- ProgramDIANA Decision Superiority for NATO Warfighters ChallengeNATO DIANA challenge selecting 10 innovators (€100k each) to develop AI/ML decision-support, modelling and simulation, and wargaming tools, with demonstrations to Allied Command Operations by December 2026.
- ProgramRobotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned SystemsAnnual NATO/Portuguese Navy exercise testing maritime unmanned systems and rapid environmental assessment; Flai has supported the Rapid Environment Assessment team in 2024 and 2025.
- ProgramEU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS) Business AcceleratorEU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS) Business Accelerator, an 8-month non-dilutive support program for European defense-tech startups; Flai was selected as a participant.
Frequently asked
- What does Flai do?
- Flai (flai.ai, Flai d.o.o.) is a Ljubljana, Slovenia-based company building Flai Cortex, an AI engine that automates classification of LiDAR point clouds and Earth-observation imagery into structured 3D geospatial products. The platform ships nine pretrained models covering aerial, mobile-mapping, national-mapping, utility, forestry, and defense use cases, classifying into 29+ semantic categories at up to 1M points/second, deployable in the cloud, on customer GPUs, or fully air-gapped for defense/government environments. Flai has been selected for NATO's DIANA decision-superiority accelerator and the EU's EUDIS Business Accelerator, and lists government/institutional customers including the European Space Agency and the Republic of Estonia.
- Where is Flai headquartered?
- Flai is headquartered in Ljubljana, Slovenia and was founded in 2022.
- What does Flai specialize in?
- Flai works across LiDAR and point-cloud processing, Geospatial AI, 3D mapping.
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Selected among 10 innovators for NATO DIANA Decision Superiority for NATO Warfighters challenge (€100,000)
NATO: NATO's DIANA selects innovators to drive decision superiority for the AllianceVerified2026-07-13 - 2
Flai Cortex classifies and vectorizes LiDAR point clouds and Earth-observation data into 3D geospatial products; company based in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Flai: Flai — CompanyVerified2026-07-20 - 3
Flai's Defence and Security module converts LiDAR/bathymetric LiDAR/photogrammetry/sonar into classified terrain and object intelligence across land, urban, aviation, and maritime domains; an Allied Ministry of Defence runs an air-gapped instance, Flai supported NATO REPRUS 2024 and 2025 Rapid Environment Assessment operations, and Flai was selected for the ESA/EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS) Business Accelerator
Flai: Defence and Security — FlaiVerified2026-07-20 - 4
Flai (as a Flycom Technologies-linked project) received a €54,906.25 non-dilutive grant through DigiFed's Open Call No. 2, under the EU Horizon 2020 programme — a research grant, not equity funding
DigiFed: FLAI — DIGIFEDVerified2026-07-20 - 5
Flai Cortex classifies LiDAR/EO imagery via nine pretrained models into 29+ categories; customers include ESA and the Republic of Estonia
Flai: About — FlaiVerified2026-07-20