Luxonis and OpenCV launch OpenCV AI Kit / OAK Kickstarter
Luxonis and OpenCV launched the OpenCV AI Kit Kickstarter for OAK-1 and OAK-D, introducing a compact open-source spatial-AI camera platform for robotics and embedded vision.

Evidence notes
- The campaign introduced OAK-1 and OAK-D for AI vision and stereo-depth applications.
- The OAK Kickstarter funded in 20 minutes and raised about US$1.3M from more than 6,500 backers.
- The launch established the OAK camera line as Luxonis’ core robot-perception hardware family.
Company context
Luxonis builds OAK AI depth cameras, edge-vision hardware and DepthAI software for robotics, automation and industrial computer vision systems.