About

Laboratory Of Key Innovations

LOKI is an innovative startup founded in December 2023 by engineers who spent their careers in artificial intelligence, satellite navigation and safety-critical hardware — and decided to point that combination at the roads everyone uses every day.

What we are building

Infrastructure decisions are still made on incomplete information. We believe every road authority should be able to see the true condition of its network at any moment, with evidence solid enough to defend a budget or a claim. That is the product.

Why it matters

A pothole is an inconvenience in a car and a serious hazard on two wheels. Missing ramps and faded crossings quietly remove entire routes from the city for people with reduced mobility. Better data makes those problems visible, and visible problems get fixed.

The team

Artificial intelligence, space systems and smart infrastructure, in one room. The team is growing: data analysts, AI engineers, software developers, civil engineers and sales.

Francesco Papa

Co-founder — AI, hardware, firmware, PMP

Telecommunications Engineer with over 19 years in the automotive and railway industries. PMP-certified, he covers project management, hardware and firmware design and AI development.
Giovanni A. Vecchione

Co-founder — AI, space tech, business development

Telecommunications Engineer and internationally recognised GNSS expert, with 19 years in space and satellite programmes. He leads space technology integration and international business development.
Caterina Lia

Co-founder — AI, cloud and software development

Biomedical Engineer with top honours from Politecnico di Torino, specialising in AI, data science and cloud computing. She designs and ships the scalable software behind LOKI’s detection pipeline.
Pritam Ghosh Roy Chowdhury

Business development

Expert in strategic planning, startup consulting and corporate development, with a track record of taking companies from ideation to market leadership.
Juliana Cortes Mendivil

AI and software development

Develops the AI models and the software that turn each capture into data the twin can use.
Mert Yavuz

Computer vision

Builds and trains the computer vision models that detect, measure and classify what the cameras see.
Suliman Almujtba Izzeldin Elbashir

Cloud and software development

Develops the cloud services and the software that keep the twin current and deliver it to the platform.
Prof. Roberto Garello

Advisor

Professor of Communication Systems at Politecnico di Torino, collaborating with ESA, DLR, Telecom Italia and RAI. Author of more than one hundred papers on communication systems, space links, 5G and channel coding.