Co-founders of startup Traces.AI Veronica Yurchuk and Kostyantyn Shysh pose for a photo next to a sign of Y Combinator, one of the world’s best startup accelerators, in Silicon Valley, the United States. Powered by sophisticated algorithms, Traces.AI uses videos from security cameras to identify people on the street. Traces.AI has developed a tool to track people who came in contact with COVID-19 patients and could themselves be carriers of the novel coronavirus.

Powered by artificial intelligence and thousands of cameras, a Ukrainian computer vision startup is creating a future where every person can be recognized on the street.

Called Traces.AI and developed by Ukraine-born Veronica Yurchuk and Kostyantyn Shysh, its technology analyzes over 2,000 of a person’s physical traits through security cameras – from their hairstyle and the accessories they wear to the texture of their clothes.