Rümlang, 19 November 2025 – dormakaba has acquired a minority stake in RealSense Inc. (“RealSense”), a pioneer in AI-powered computer vision. In addition to the venture investment, dormakaba will partner with the company to deliver next-generation intelligent access control solutions.
RealSense was founded on July 11, 2025, as a spin-off of the leading technology company Intel Corporation and is based in Santa Clara, USA. With a dedicated team of around 120 specialists, RealSense offers industry-leading depth cameras and image processing technology. These are used in access control, industrial automation, healthcare, autonomous mobile robots, humanoids, and other applications.
Building on this venture investment to further drive innovation, dormakaba will partner with RealSense to accelerate the development of intelligent access solutions for key strategic verticals, including data centers, airports, and other critical infrastructures. In the aviation sector for example, the collaboration will reinforce dormakaba’s market leadership by further enhancing its offering with biometric and AI-technologies to meet the industry’s evolving demands.
The partnership with dormakaba supports RealSense's approach of integrating innovative technologies into access solutions in a targeted manner. The use of biometric and intelligent systems enables a seamless and secure user experience. The systems can be flexibly integrated into various identity verification and authentication applications.
The parties have agreed not to disclose any further details or the financial terms of the transaction.
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dormakaba is a leading global provider in the access solutions market. The company reimagines access by setting industry standards for smart systems and sustainable solutions across the lifecycle of a building. More than 15,000 employees worldwide provide their expertise together with distribution partners to a growing customer base in more than 130 countries. dormakaba supports its customers with a broad, innovative portfolio of integrated access products, solutions and services that easily fit into building ecosystems to create safe, secure and sustainable places where people can move around seamlessly.
dormakaba is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is headquartered in Rümlang near Zurich (Switzerland). It generated a turnover of CHF 2.9 billion in financial year 2024/25.
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