The Limerick start-up that wants to save 1.35 million lives

Nicole Glennon speaks to Provizio CEO Barry Lunn who wants to solve the automotive pandemic

Provizio CEO Barry Lunn. The company has just secured €5.2m in seed investment for AI technology to perceive, predict and prevent car accidents in real-time. Picture: Don Moloney

According to CEO Barry Lunn, the world is not just living through the coronavirus pandemic, but an automotive pandemic and his company might just be the vaccine.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says each year there are over 1.35 million road deaths worldwide and over 50 million people maimed, with the cost to the global economy estimated to be over $2 trillion.