# PathPulse.ai

> Smarter Maps. Safer Roads. PathPulse turns everyday driving into verified evidence and live road data. Scout, the driver app, runs on any smartphone, flags unsafe driving and road hazards on the device, and delivers verified evidence to cities. Every case is reviewed by an officer before anything is issued. Cities get enforcement that pays for itself, and drivers earn from every approved case.

## Home (https://pathpulse.ai/)

PathPulse turns everyday driving into verified evidence and live road data. Scout, the driver app, runs on any smartphone, flags unsafe driving and road hazards on the device, and delivers verified evidence to cities. Every case is reviewed by an officer before anything is issued. Cities get enforcement that pays for itself, and drivers earn from every approved case.

### Traction

- 80,000+ registered drivers
- 5M+ kilometres covered
- 400K+ violations detected
- $60M+ value of violations captured (the value of the fines, not PathPulse revenue)
- Four successful pilots, in South Africa, Nigeria, Malaysia and India. In a typical pilot, a few dozen drivers capture hundreds of thousands of dollars in violations.
- Live in 25+ countries, with drivers actively collecting data in each, and a pipeline across five continents

### The problem

Fixed cameras cover about 6% of the streets even in New York City, one of the most camera dense cities (2,400+ speed cameras, red light cameras at 600 intersections, on about 10,100 km of streets), and well under 1% of roads nationally in our markets. They detect 4 to 5 violation types.

Scout detects 60+ violation types wherever drivers go, with coverage projected at 60 to 70% of city roads at mature driver density. 20% of a country's gig drivers can cover 15 to 20% of its roads: the city streets and main roads where traffic flows.

### How it works

1. Capture: mount any phone and drive. Scout works in the background while the driver uses maps, music, voice notes or a voice assistant.
2. Detect: PulseNet, our on device model, spots the violation.
3. Validate: the Veritas Engine checks every case in four layers: image quality, scene context, violation models and PulseGen review.
4. Act: a government official approves the case in the enforcement console and the fine goes out.

### Safety, not surveillance

- Flags driving, not people. No facial recognition and no tracking of individuals. Models look for violations and road hazards only.
- Raw video is deleted. Only short clips of unsafe driving are kept, as evidence.
- Bystanders are blurred before evidence reaches an officer.
- No automated fines. An officer reviews every case before anything is issued.
- Evidence is signed on the phone and encrypted end to end; proof bundles verify offline.
- Aligned to the data protection law of every market we work in, such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, DPDP, POPIA, NDPA, LGPD and PDPA.

### For governments

- Zero upfront cost. No cameras to buy, no poles to install. PathPulse is paid from a share of fines collected.
- Revenue share. The government keeps the largest share; drivers earn for every approved case.
- Officials decide. Nothing is issued without a government official's approval. Every decision stays with the authority.
- Plugs into what you run: the fine portal, road infrastructure systems, ANPR and traffic command centres.
- The enforcement console gives officers an overview of cases received, a review queue of AI detected violations, one click validation and filing for court, and the record behind every scout.

### Questions cities ask

**What does PathPulse cost the city?**
Nothing. It costs $0 to start and $0 to run. There are no cameras to buy, no poles to install and no running costs. PathPulse is paid from a share of the fines collected, so for the city there is only upside: safer roads and new revenue.

**What have the pilots shown?**
Four pilots so far, and Scout is live in 25+ countries, with drivers collecting data in each. In a typical pilot, a few dozen drivers on the roads the city chooses capture hundreds of thousands of dollars in violations, at no cost to the city, with every fine validated by an official.

**Who decides whether a fine is issued?**
Government officials. Nothing is automated. Every case reaches an official in the enforcement console, who validates it, changes the violation type or dismisses it. Only validated cases become fines.

**Will the evidence stand up in court?**
That is what it is built for. Our AI is highly accurate, and a government official validates every case before a fine goes out, so we expect more than 95% of fines to hold up. Each case carries the clip, time, location and speed, checked by the Veritas Engine in four layers and signed on the phone.

**How is citizens' privacy protected?**
There is no facial recognition, and all data is collected anonymised. Scout flags driving, not people: raw video is deleted, only short clips of unsafe driving are kept as evidence, and bystanders are blurred. Evidence is signed on the phone and protected at kernel level, so it cannot be altered. We build to the data protection law of every market we work in, such as GDPR, CCPA, DPDP, POPIA, NDPA, LGPD and PDPA, and to the local law of each new market.

**Which violations can it detect?**
More than 60 types, including riding without a helmet, jumping a red light, no seatbelt, triple riding, illegal parking, wrong side driving, phone use while driving and lane violations. Fixed cameras typically detect 4 to 5.

**Does it replace our cameras?**
Partly. Scout can take over part of the work of a fixed camera network, and it covers the roads fixed cameras never reach, wherever drivers go.

**Does it work with our systems?**
Yes. It connects to your road infrastructure systems and your fine portal, so validated cases flow straight into the process you already run.

**How do we start?**
Just get in touch. Book a demo or email partnerships@pathpulse.ai, and we will set it up with your team.

### Veritas Engine

Every detection passes four checks before an officer sees it: image quality, scene context, violation models and PulseGen review. Captures are signed on the phone and tamper evident. Raw footage stays on the phone.

### For industry

Anonymised road intelligence licensed to car insurance companies (segment risk scores), AI labs (labelled road video from 25+ countries), autonomous vehicle companies (real world edge cases), geospatial analytics companies (fresh road condition layers) and navigation apps (live hazard feeds). Bystanders are blurred, there is no facial recognition and no individual is tracked.

### Products

- Scout: the driver app, on Google Play and the App Store.
- PulseNet: on device detection, under 1 billion parameters, runs on phones from $80.
- Veritas Engine: four layer validation of every case.
- PulseGen: our vision language model, in development, that explains what is happening on the road and what to do.
- P-AXON: compact AI hardware, coming soon.

### Partners and clients

Abatis, Zitanium Technologies, Cautio, Lucky Horze AI, Shelby, Aptos and Stellar.

### Team

Umair Mukadam, Cofounder and CEO. Ibrahim Momin, Cofounder and CTO. Ritika Khar, Chief PR Officer. Naved Khan, VP. Eddison Shumba, Managing Director, South Africa. Baatile Ashley Sasebula, BD and Comms Associate, South Africa.

## Scout (https://pathpulse.ai/scout)

Scout is PathPulse's driver app. Mount any phone, keep your maps open and drive. Scout flags unsafe driving and road hazards in the background, and you earn when an officer approves the case. 80,000+ drivers in 25+ countries, on cars and motorcycles.

### On the road in three steps

1. Install Scout from Google Play or the App Store. Setup takes minutes and needs no training.
2. Mount your phone in any holder on the dashboard, windscreen or handlebar. Cars and motorcycles.
3. Drive as usual. Open Google Maps or Waze and go. Scout works quietly in the background, behind maps, ride apps, music, voice notes and voice assistants.

### Earn on every approved case

1. Captured: Scout packages the clip with time and location, signed on your phone.
2. Approved: the Veritas Engine checks it, then an officer reviews and approves the case.
3. Paid: your share of the fine is paid to you. Drivers also share in every road data point sold to cities and businesses. The share is set per market.

### Veritas Engine: evidence a court can trust

Every capture passes four checks before an official sees it: L1 image quality (blur, light and noise), L2 scene context (a real road, the right conditions), L3 violation models (a dedicated model per violation) and L4 PulseGen review (our vision model checks the full case). Then an official decides. Weak evidence is stopped early, so the cases that go through are the ones that get approved and paid.

At scale: the Veritas Engine checks hundreds of thousands of captures, violations and data points at once. In one recorded batch, 10,999 captures went through the four layers in minutes; 7,220 passed and 3,779 were stopped before any official saw them.

### What Scout flags

60+ road event types, from unsafe driving to broken infrastructure: wrong way driving, riders and passengers without helmets, unsafe lane changes, rash driving, lane weaving, triple riding, riding on the footpath, illegal parking, potholes and broken street lights.

### What you need

- An Android phone from $80, or a recent iPhone. No dashcam needed.
- A phone holder: dashboard, windscreen or handlebar.
- A car or motorcycle: ride hailing, delivery or your daily commute.

### Your privacy

- No facial recognition.
- No tracking of individuals.
- Raw video is deleted; only short clips of unsafe driving are kept, as evidence.
- Bystanders are blurred before review.

### Questions, answered

**Do I need a dashcam?**
No. Your phone is the camera. Any phone holder works.

**Does it work on motorcycles?**
Yes. Scout works on cars and motorcycles. You only need a phone and a holder.

**Can I keep using Google Maps?**
Yes. Scout works in the background behind Google Maps, Waze, ride apps, music, voice notes and assistants like Gemini and Siri. It pauses while you are on a phone call.

**When do I get paid?**
When an officer approves a case you captured. Your share depends on the programme in your city.

**Is my data private?**
Yes. There is no facial recognition and no tracking of individuals. Raw video is deleted, only short clips of unsafe driving are kept as evidence, and bystanders are blurred.

**Which phones work?**
Most Android phones from $80, and iPhones. Scout is on Google Play and the App Store.

## PulseGen (https://pathpulse.ai/pulsegen)

PulseGen is PathPulse's vision language model, in active development (about 80% built). It watches the road like an expert traffic controller: it reads cameras, Scout phones, satellite images, social posts and years of history, then says in plain words what is happening, what happens next and what to do.

### What it learns from

- Scout phones: street level video from 80,000+ drivers.
- City cameras: live traffic and junction feeds.
- Satellite imagery: road works, flooding and new roads, from above.
- Social media: crashes and closures people post, as they happen.
- Maps and GPS: lanes, speeds and exact positions.
- History: years of crash, traffic and repair records.
- Weather: rain, fog and heat that change how roads behave.
- Road events only. Public and partner data, anonymised. No facial recognition and no tracking of individuals.

### How it thinks

1. Lines up every feed: video, GPS and lane maps matched to the same moment, targeting under 50 milliseconds.
2. Puts it on the map: everything it sees, a stalled car or a new pothole, gets an exact spot on the city grid.
3. Thinks ahead: spots danger in fog and at night, and sees jams coming before they form.
4. Says it plainly: turns it into a clear alert and updates the live map, so teams can act now.

### Capabilities

- Notices what is off: a wrong way driver, a sudden slowdown, a broken signal.
- Follows traffic across cameras into one moving picture of the city's traffic flow.
- Clears the way for emergencies: finds the fastest open route for ambulances and fire crews.
- A person checks every high stakes alert.

### Where PulseGen sits

Capture (Scout phones, city cameras, satellite, social, history), then Detect (PulseNet, on the device), then Validate (Veritas Engine, four layer checks), then Understand (PulseGen, the fusion layer), then Act (city dashboards, navigation grid, alerts).

Built for production on PyTorch, Hugging Face, Kafka, Ray, PostGIS, GDAL, Weights & Biases, TensorRT LLM and vLLM. Every new version is checked daily against the hardest road scenarios: heavy fog, night driving and multi vehicle crashes.

### Early access

PulseGen is in active development. Talk to us about early access for your city, fleet or platform.

## Blog (https://pathpulse.ai/blogs)

Notes on road safety, enforcement and the network, published on Medium.

- [The Map That Never Gets Updated](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-map-that-never-gets-updated-3e14f0864e74) (Nov 6, 2026)
- [What Traffic Looks Like from Above](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-traffic-looks-like-from-above-38c23fb5fb82) (Oct 31, 2026)
- [Speed Limits Are Guesses](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/speed-limits-are-guesses-cf5683b2fd62) (Oct 24, 2026)
- [Why More Roads Don’t Solve Traffic](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/why-more-roads-dont-solve-traffic-d3746d422539) (Oct 17, 2026)
- [How Cities Learn to Listen](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/how-cities-learn-to-listen-810d13446d28) (Oct 11, 2026)
- [The Network Effect Nobody Talks About in Navigation](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-network-effect-nobody-talks-about-in-navigation-1ce8c219cea4) (Oct 3, 2026)
- [What Happens to Your Data After You Park](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-happens-to-your-data-after-you-park-3453fde6c069) (Sept 26, 2026)
- [The Quiet Revolution Happening on Every Road](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-quiet-revolution-happening-on-every-road-301652659d0d) (Sept 19, 2026)
- [The Intelligence That Travels With You](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-intelligence-that-travels-with-you-eb5acc2d67eb) (Sept 12, 2026)
- [The Morning Commute Is Smarter Than You Think](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-morning-commute-is-smarter-than-you-think-c16a2fe74fa5) (Sept 5, 2026)
- [The Map That Never Stops Learning](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-map-that-never-stops-learning-36cf83d14440) (Aug 29, 2026)
- [What It Means to Navigate a City That Actually Knows Itself](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-it-means-to-navigate-a-city-that-actually-knows-itself-c530306b9f71) (Aug 22, 2026)
- [India at 80: The Roads We Build Next](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/india-at-80-the-roads-we-build-next-961c3c2354f0) (Aug 15, 2026)
- [What a City Feels Like When the Data Is Right](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-a-city-feels-like-when-the-data-is-right-863dd371e8af) (Aug 1, 2026)
- [Why Maps Are Finally Growing Up.](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/why-maps-are-finally-growing-up-d5e4bc497a80) (July 25, 2026)
- [What Rush Hour Looks Like to an AI.](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-rush-hour-looks-like-to-an-ai-2bf0ccb857f2) (July 18, 2026)
- [What Happens in the 0.3 Seconds That Changes Everything.](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-happens-in-the-0-3-seconds-that-changes-everything-27957e13bff9) (July 11, 2026)
- [What Your Dash Camera Is Actually Capable Of.](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-your-dash-camera-is-actually-capable-of-87d238750033) (July 4, 2026)
- [What City Governments Actually Need From Navigation Data](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-city-governments-actually-need-from-navigation-data-3072fa072173) (June 27, 2026)
- [Where AI Is Actually Headed, and Why PathPulse_AI Already Built for It](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/where-ai-is-actually-headed-and-why-pathpulse-ai-already-built-for-it-d21a5b844535) (June 20, 2026)
- [The Hidden Cost of Bad Road Data on Insurance](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-hidden-cost-of-bad-road-data-on-insurance-eb742a9d3d7b) (June 15, 2026)
- [Why Autonomous Vehicles Need Better Maps Than Humans](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/why-autonomous-vehicles-need-better-maps-than-humans-db563e8a475d) (June 6, 2026)
- [You’re Already Doing the Hard Part](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/youre-already-doing-the-hard-part-58720d1a681a) (May 16, 2026)
- [The Kind of Thinking That Builds Something Worth Watching](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-kind-of-thinking-that-builds-something-worth-watching-fd979b9ce8af) (May 9, 2026)
- [How Scout Turns Commutes Into City Intelligence](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/how-scout-turns-commutes-into-city-intelligence-6157290f2212) (May 2, 2026)
- [60 Data Points vs 8: The Real Navigation Problem](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/60-data-points-vs-8-the-real-navigation-problem-44777a443d39?postPublishedType=initial) (Apr 25, 2026)
- [PulseNet: Why Predictive Navigation Is Fundamentally Different From Reactive Routing.](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/pulsenet-why-predictive-navigation-is-fundamentally-different-from-reactive-routing-2cdc66d06024) (Apr 20, 2026)
- [Closing the Gap Between Roads and Reality with Live Intelligence](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/why-the-next-big-innovation-might-come-from-your-windshield-47978c2fdc6c) (Apr 8, 2026)
- [Why the Next Big Innovation Might Come From Your Windshield](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/why-the-next-big-innovation-might-come-from-your-windshield-ca69eeaa386a) (Mar 25, 2026)
- [How Real Time Mapping Is Transforming Navigation Apps?](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/how-real-time-mapping-is-transforming-navigation-apps-0e03db0c3d92) (Feb 19, 2026)
- [Why Fixing Potholes Is More Than Just A Civic Duty?](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/why-fixing-potholes-is-more-than-just-a-civic-duty-40639ea50cda) (Feb 5, 2026)
- [The Silent Cost of Bad Roads: How Poor Infrastructure Hurts Local Economies](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-silent-cost-of-bad-roads-how-poor-infrastructure-hurts-local-economies-6889995928d1) (Jan 10, 2026)
- [What Causes Urban Road Damage?And Why It’s So Hard to Fix?](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-causes-urban-road-damage-and-why-its-so-hard-to-fix-d79cd4226ffc) (Dec 27, 2025)
- [The Psychology of the Daily Commute: Why We Tolerate Bad Roads](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-psychology-of-the-daily-commute-why-we-tolerate-bad-roads-cdf4bdb8deda) (Dec 20, 2025)
- [Can Smart Cities Succeed Without Citizen Input?](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/can-smart-cities-succeed-without-citizen-input-549ed40a03a8) (Nov 12, 2025)
- [Why Incentives Work Better Than Complaints: A New Model for Civic Engagement](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/why-incentives-work-better-than-complaints-a-new-model-for-civic-engagement-31c38a72a0bf) (Sept 29, 2025)
- [Civic Safety Through Shared Data: Real time Network That Protects Everyone](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/civic-safety-through-shared-data-real-time-network-that-protects-everyone-4b9adf5a6b50) (Sept 10, 2025)
- [What Happens When Cities Listen to Drivers?](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/what-happens-when-cities-listen-to-drivers-b2bcf3dd1fce) (Aug 31, 2025)
- [How Everyday People Are Powering the Next Infrastructure Revolution](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/how-everyday-people-are-powering-the-next-infrastructure-revolution-9439e6a51b45) (Jul 23, 2025)
- [Crowdsourced Road Intelligence: The Future of Infrastructure Reporting](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/crowdsourced-road-intelligence-the-future-of-infrastructure-reporting-e69f8146c246) (Jul 15, 2025)
- [The World is Changing: How Your Drive is Mapping the Future](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-world-is-changing-how-your-drive-is-mapping-the-future-2337b9dca879) (June 26, 2025)
- [Millimaps: The Invisible Intelligence Layer That’s Redefining Urban Navigation](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/millimaps-the-invisible-intelligence-layer-thats-redefining-urban-navigation-81decf026086) (June 7, 2025)
- [How Poor Road Intelligence is Costing Businesses Millions](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/how-poor-road-intelligence-is-costing-businesses-millions-3db38275d221) (April 06, 2025)
- [The Future of Smart Cities with PathPulse.ai Leading the Charge](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/depin-and-ai-04320a4361b6) (Mar 21, 2025)
- [How AI and Machine Learning Are Reshaping Data Accuracy in a Noisy World](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/how-ai-and-machine-learning-are-reshaping-data-accuracy-in-a-noisy-world-5a0b8034b9ae) (Mar 4, 2025)
- [Limitations & Challenges of GPS Technology](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/limitations-challenges-of-gps-technology-872b5ec66a0b) (Feb 24, 2025)
- [Why the Future of Cities Lies in Real Time Insights](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/why-the-future-of-cities-lies-in-real-time-insights-dfe35351b879) (Feb 18, 2025)
- [PathPulse.ai: Bridging the Gap Between Data Science and Navigation](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/pathpulse-ai-bridging-the-gap-between-data-science-and-navigation-421b8f498f64) (Feb 7, 2025)
- [How AI Helps Us Go Beyond Traditional Navigation](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/how-ai-helps-us-go-beyond-traditional-navigation-b1a4cbae5c01) (Jan 30, 2025)
- [How Human Choices Fuel a Silent Pandemic? And How Can PathPulse.ai Break the Cycle?](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/can-ai-rewrite-the-future-of-road-safety-141495065f92) (Jan 25, 2025)
- [Exploring the Unique Features of the PathPulse Ecosystem](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/exploring-the-unique-features-of-the-pathpulse-ecosystem-65ad6e8e33f6) (Jan 16, 2025)
- [PathPulse.ai: How Dash Cameras and AI are Shaping the Future of Navigation](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/pathpulse-ai-how-dash-cameras-and-ai-are-shaping-the-future-of-navigation-52ebaf3b528f) (Dec 11, 2024)
- [The AI Revolution in Navigation: Inside PulseNet’s Technology](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-ai-revolution-in-navigation-inside-pulsenets-technology-ee0ec4e695da) (Nov 29, 2024)
- [The Future of Maps: Revolutionizing Navigation with PathPulse.ai](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/the-future-of-maps-revolutionizing-navigation-with-pathpulse-ai-e3a5f45c131a) (Nov 18, 2024)
- [Modern Navigation Apps: A Growing Heap of Unsolved Problems?](https://medium.com/@pathpulse.ai/modern-navigation-apps-a-growing-heap-of-unsolved-problems-98afbc810ad1) (Nov 8, 2024)

## Contact (https://pathpulse.ai/contactus)

Talk to us about government deployments, road data licensing, investment, press or help with the Scout app.

### How to reach us

- Governments and cities: book a demo at https://calendly.com/pathpulse-ai, or email partnerships@pathpulse.ai to plan a pilot.
- Road data licensing and industry partnerships: partnerships@pathpulse.ai.
- Investors and press: partnerships@pathpulse.ai.
- Scout drivers: help is in the app, on the support page and in the PathPulse community on Telegram.

## Contact

- Email: partnerships@pathpulse.ai
- Book a demo: https://calendly.com/pathpulse-ai
- Scout on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nxved.pulsescout.nativeapp
- Scout on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/scout-ai/id6753813278