Nauto
AI dash cams and fleet safety software that predict risky driving and help prevent collisions in real time.
By Nauto · HQ New York City, US · 4.0/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Commercial fleets with high at-fault collision, claims and insurance costs
- Trucking, delivery, field-service and transit fleets wanting in-cab real-time risk alerts
- Safety, risk and HSE teams consolidating dash cam video, telematics and driver coaching
- Enterprises running multi-state or multi-country fleets that need consistent safety policy
Ideal size: 5–50 (safety, risk and fleet ops) people · Mid-market to enterprise fleet with a formal safety programme
Not for
- Fleets that want only after-the-fact dash cam footage with no driver-facing AI
- Very small owner-operator fleets without a dedicated safety programme
- Organisations that will not accept in-cab driver monitoring on privacy grounds
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
About 2 months
~60 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Custom quote; Nauto does not publish list pricing on its site and appears to be sold per vehicle/deployment rather than per seat.
Implementation Friction
4/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Not published; sold per vehicle and deployment, not per seat
Add-on costs
- Optional additional hardware for larger vehicles, blind spots and specialised fleet needs
Company & support
Who is behind Nauto, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2015 · 11 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- New York City, US
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsPlan not stated
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Homepage includes a Knowledge Base/FAQ section. No support phone line, email address, chat, ticket portal or SLA terms are published on the vendor pages reviewed.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
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Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
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Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Nauto ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Homepage describes patented AI models that read driver, vehicle, road and traffic in milliseconds, monitor 30+ risk factors and warn drivers in time to act. No generative assistant, copilot or agentic workflow is documented on the pages reviewed.
Your data & models
- Trains on your data
- Only if you opt in
- Runs on
- Not recorded
- AI pricing
- Not recorded
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Nauto is an AI fleet safety platform that pairs in-cab cameras with patented models reading driver, vehicle, road and traffic risk in milliseconds. It monitors 30+ risk factors, issues real-time alerts, adapts driver coaching and adds DVIR, IFTA and ELD compliance plus video for claims. It integrates with existing telematics and fleet systems rather than replacing them. Founded in 2015, Nauto announced a merger with Nexar in 2026 and relaunched as Empiric Earth. Pricing is quote-based and not published.
Frequently asked questions
What does Nauto do that a standard dash cam does not?
Nauto pairs cameras with AI models that read the driver, vehicle, road and traffic in milliseconds, monitor 30+ risk factors at once and warn drivers in time to act, instead of only recording crashes after the fact. The vendor reports that bpx energy cut at-fault collisions by 62% per million miles, distracted driving by 89% and tailgating by 75% with the system.
How is Nauto priced and what does it cost?
Nauto does not publish list pricing on its site; pricing comes through a custom quote and appears to be sold per vehicle or deployment rather than per seat. Optional hardware for larger vehicles and blind spots is an add-on. Expect a hardware, installation and subscription component, and ask for a per-vehicle annual figure plus SLA terms before committing.
Does Nauto train its AI models on our fleet's video and driving data?
Nauto's privacy policy states that, when permitted by its customers, it may anonymize or pseudonymize a small fraction of Customer Data (under 1% of data collected and processed) to develop and improve its products, including by training models and improving algorithms. That is an opt-in arrangement, so the default is that no training happens without customer permission.
Which fleets and industries does Nauto serve?
Nauto names construction, delivery, field services, food and beverage, oil and gas, passenger transit, retail distribution, trucking and logistics, waste and recycling, and utilities and telecom. It targets commercial fleets that operate vehicles at scale, and says it supports multi-state or multi-country fleets with centralised visibility and standardised safety policy.
How does Nauto fit with our existing telematics and fleet systems?
Nauto says it is designed to integrate into enterprise fleet management systems and telematics platforms so safety, operations and risk teams can consolidate data into unified dashboards without disrupting existing workflows. It also covers DVIR, IFTA and ELD compliance alongside driver safety and claims support.
What is happening with the Nexar merger and the Empiric Earth brand?
Nexar and Nauto signed a definitive agreement to merge in 2026, and the combined company launched as Empiric Earth on 15 September 2026, headquartered in New York City with offices in Tel Aviv, Porto, Sunnyvale, Dublin and Tokyo. Both companies were founded in 2015, and the combined record holds more than 10 billion miles of observed driving and 60 million edge cases.