Flox Intelligence raises $4M Seed to scale AI that talks to wild animals.

Press releases25 February, 2026

New York, USA — Feb 25, 2026 — Flox Intelligence, the wildlife intelligence company building AI systems that help infrastructure prevent human–wildlife conflict, today announced a $4 million Seed round led by Tilia Impact Ventures.

$4M Seed round led by Tilia Impact Ventures, with Satgana, GENIUS NY, J.O.S.S., and existing investors Unconventional Ventures and Almi Invest.
Capital will accelerate North American deployments and support growing international demand across airports, rail corridors, road networks, and industrial sites.
Edge has logged over 60,000 wildlife events across 27 species, with early deployments showing measurable reductions in wildlife presence in high-risk zones.

Flox Intelligence already works with major airports, departments of transportation, infrastructure owners, and mission-driven partners across North America and Europe — including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gerald R. Ford International Airport, WWF, KWS Group, and Boliden, alongside a global partnership with Alstom.

This funding marks a major step-up in execution. Over the past few months, the company has expanded operations across the U.S. and Canada, grown its New York headquarters, and accelerated commercial deployments.

A multibillion-dollar problem, growing every year

Human–wildlife conflict is already a global multi-billion-dollar problem — and it’s accelerating as humans take more space, wild animals are pushed closer to urban areas, and transportation systems get faster, quieter, and harder to avoid. In aviation alone, wildlife strikes drive global losses estimated at roughly $1B–$1.5B every year. On the ground, the U.S. sees more than 1 million wildlife-vehicle collisions annually, costing over $10B each year — with one collision occurring roughly every half minute.

Beyond AI hype: physical AI in an animal’s own language

AI is everywhere right now — but most of it lives on screens. Flox Intelligence is building AI that lives in the physical world — systems that sit at the edge, in harsh environments, operating 24/7, where decisions have to be made in seconds. The company combines embedded systems, real-time sensing, and applied wildlife science to speak with animals in their own language, turning wildlife communication into actionable intelligence.

Born out of an AI research lab at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and developed through five years of field validation with leading wildlife biologists, the company has launched its first commercial product, Edge — an intelligent wildlife deterrent built for harsh, real-world environments: multiple species, extreme weather, remote sites, limited connectivity, and long uptime.

Beyond deterrence: a biodiversity intelligence layer

Flox is building toward a clear ambition: to be the category leader in wildlife intelligence — replacing reactive, fragmented deterrents like scarecrows, pyrotechnics, gunshots, and fences with a modern, autonomous layer of prevention and learning at the edge. Every deployment makes the next one smarter — collectively building one of the world’s largest non-lethal wildlife datasets.

“For so many years, we have been fighting wildlife — but what if we could communicate with them instead? Flox Intelligence is building a future where critical infrastructure can proactively prevent conflict, where animal movement is respected and safer, and where people and wildlife can finally coexist.”

Sara NozkovaCEO & Co-Founder, Flox Intelligence

“Sara and Tomas possess the qualities of strong founders: unbound ambition and determination, paired with rapid execution and fast learning cycles,” said Petr Vitek, GP & Co-founder at Tilia Impact Ventures. “As AI moves into the physical world, Flox Intelligence is perfectly positioned to become the foundational layer for wildlife intelligence.”

“Human–wildlife conflict has been hugely overlooked, and Flox Intelligence is turning the solution into a scalable business model with tangible impact,” added Alexis Horowitz-Burdick, General Partner at Unconventional Ventures. “Flox proves that deep tech can meaningfully change the way industries interact with our natural ecosystems.”

About Flox Intelligence

Flox Intelligence is a wildlife intelligence company creating a world where humans and wildlife coexist. It builds autonomous systems deployed on the edge that gently guide wildlife in real time using AI, bioacoustics, and applied wildlife science — preventing collisions, damage, and disruption across railways, airports, roads, agriculture, and industrial sites, while providing clear reporting through the Flox Wildlife Platform.