Speedshield brings predictive power to workplace safety with Optix platform

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As industries such as construction and mining strive to prevent costly on-site incidents and strengthen operator awareness, Speedshield – a global industrial connectivity and safety solutions provider – is expanding its AI-powered ecosystem with the launch of Optix, a cloud-based digital platform designed to give operators, fleet managers, and safety leaders a 360-degree view of every AiVA-equipped asset.

Optix serves as the digital command center for AiVA, Speedshield’s advanced pedestrian detection system, translating millions of real-time data points into actionable intelligence. From tracking near misses and high-risk time periods to identifying trends in operator behaviour, the platform enables faster, data-driven interventions that can help prevent accidents before they occur. Optix will include features such as a critical events dashboard, which captures critical events and near-miss insights, as well as a new analytics interface, and app guest access for quick demonstrations and third-party installations.

“Optix gives our customers the visibility they’ve been asking for,” commented Neeti Kulhar, product manager, Speedshield. “Every AiVA unit already captures a wealth of contextual data, such as distances, detection events, and equipment state. Optix takes that information and turns it into a clear, interactive picture of what’s happening on the ground, allowing managers to pinpoint risk areas, validate safety interventions, and continuously improve for better safety outcomes.”

The platform’s analytics present near-miss data with contextual insights and visualizations, highlighting not only the frequency of incidents but the conditions in which they occur, such as problem vehicles, times of day, or operator activity levels. For enterprise and multi-site customers, company and site-level management tools enable seamless user access control, equipment transfers, GPS tracking, and on-demand event video playback.

By linking AiVA’s stereoscopic vision and real-time detection capabilities with centralized, cloud-based analytics, Optix closes the loop between detection, documentation, and decision-making, transforming safety from a reactive process into a predictive data-driven discipline.

“We’ve known for some time that industrial safety doesn’t stop at detection,” Kulhar added. “With Optix, we’re helping customers move from awareness to understanding. We want to empower both teams on the ground and those in the office to make smarter decisions, reduce false alarms, and ultimately prevent the kinds of critical events that cost lives and livelihoods.”

Optix will be rolled out to all Speedshield customers beginning this month, with general availability, including in Canada, scheduled for November.

For more information, visit www.speedshield.com.