Ireland’s Vectigo unveils new road safety platform in the US

Ireland's Vectigo has unveiled a new road safety platform in the United States. The company's platform is designed to reduce crashes and save lives for everyday drivers. Vectigo's US division, based in Colorado, has launched a safety platform for autonomous vehicles that can be directly embedded onto roadways.

Vectigo, founded in 2024 by Sinéad O’Sullivan and Brendan Lundy, secured $1.9m in total funds since its inception. The business is aiming for a $2.2m raise this year. The platform uses solar-powered and grid-independent on-road sensors to improve road safety and support human and autonomous driving. The sensors detect potential dangers such as black ice, wrong-way drivers, and closures, and alert drivers, first responders, and truckers in time to change course.

The technology has shown a 70% reduction in human-driver accidents, according to Vectigo. Lundy, the company's executive chairperson, emphasized that the platform is designed to protect everyday drivers first, especially in challenging winter conditions. The system works with all vehicles on the road today, requiring no special equipment, app, or new car.

The technology is particularly useful for autonomous vehicles, which rely on advanced sensors but cannot directly sense surface conditions like ice or standing water, which the platform can detect.