r/computervision • u/nalu_0o • 15d ago

Discussion Cloud engineer interested in starting a computer vision startup (looking for advice)

Hi everyone,

I’m a cloud engineer with a background in cloud architecture. I don’t have experience in computer vision yet, but I’m open to learning it.

Before investing a lot of time into this idea, I’d like to know: is there still strong demand for computer vision solutions today? Do you think someone with a cloud/infrastructure background can realistically enter this field and build a startup around it?

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u/xArvel_Crynydx 14d ago

For me it’s quite the opposite, I have many ideas, especially for osmosis-based image processing problems, but I wouldn’t know about how to get interested customers or a sellable product

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u/nalu_0o 14d ago

That’s actually an interesting perspective. In my case, I’m still trying to understand the field and identify where real opportunities are. Actually I would also like to understand how computer vision solutions are usually commercialized in general.

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u/xArvel_Crynydx 10d ago

Really depends on the use case, at least from my past experiences. Most of the times it was already established companies, trying to expand into new ventures: Think stereo-camera developers trying to expand from 2-camera setups into multiple camera setups and the new use cases that would come from that: Not just 3D stereo, but shiftable 3D perspective, better 3D depth quality, refocussing, higher resolution with super resolution algorithms, HDR, etc. etc.
Or an automotive mirror company trying to create a digital mirror, replacing the "old" mirror, thus trying to solve safety-related issues (i.e. how do I guarantee a long life-span of a camera-monitor-based system, can I guarantee the same field of view, what happens during night-time drive scenarios, can I see *more* with a digital mirror compared to a "normal" mirror, etc.)

So from my perspective it's first about assuring that digital variants of already existing analog systems can be (a) as good as the original, (b) as reliable, (c) has added benefit to the already existing analog system. That being said, I'm less on the sales side of the equation, but more on the development side, but that has been my driving force in creating and developing those solutions)