Video surveillance specialist Iveda is deploying its IvedaAI platform in Manila, the Philippines capital, under an initial $180,000 order. This marks the company’s first smart city implementation under its broader $3 million smart city initiative in the region.

Manila has selected IvedaAI to augment its extensive CCTV infrastructure with real-time, AI-powered analytics. Rather than replacing pre-existing hardware, IvedaAI layers onto current CCTV systems to deliver more accurate detection of critical incidents and enhance public safety.

The deployment is designed to reduce manual monitoring workloads and empower the city’s surveillance team with automation and intelligent alerts. The city’s need to streamline operations and make better use of its long-standing investments in CCTV systems made IvedaAI a natural fit.

Iveda Philippines is a Joint Venture in the Philippines focused on smart city deployment. This initial city represents Iveda Philippines’ first major contract in support of the company’s broader smart city strategy in the Philippines, announced last year.

“Iveda started its focus on smart cities with the Philippines six years ago,” said David Ly, CEO and Founder of Iveda. “We spent time truly listening to the vision of city officials—understanding their goals, city pain points, and working alongside local integrators to tailor a solution that would work with their existing infrastructure. To secure deployment in one of the most prestigious and forward-thinking cities in Southeast Asia is not just a milestone for Iveda—it’s a model we plan to replicate in other global cities of similar stature.”

“This is a proud step forward,” said Lino Barte, President of Iveda Philippines. “Together with the city’s stakeholders and integrator partners, we’ve created a model of deployment that works—and more importantly, one that scales. Other major cities—and even top hotel chains—are already lining up to replicate it, and we’ll be sharing those rollouts soon.”