Smart Eye Enters Agreement to Acquire Sightic

Smart Eye has entered into an agreement to acquire Sightic, a Gothenburg-based company specializing in behavioral impairment detection across alcohol and drugs.

The acquisition brings together two complementary stacks: Smart Eye’s production-grade distraction, drowsiness, and alcohol impairment detection, and Sightic’s alcohol‑ and drug‑impairment technology.

Together, the companies can broaden in‑vehicle impairment detection to cover distraction, fatigue, alcohol, and drugs within a single automotive‑grade system. With their combined technologies and datasets, Smart Eye and Sightic can bring advanced behavioral impairment detection into production vehicles faster, strengthening road safety.

What This Means for Customers and Partners

➜ Builds on Smart Eye’s impairment detection systems already shipping in production vehicles

➜ Expands impairment coverage to include alcohol, drugs, distraction, and drowsiness within one integrated system

➜ Accelerates real-world deployment of comprehensive impairment detection across OEM programs

➜ Strengthens road safety outcomes by addressing multiple forms of behavioral impairment within a single automotive-grade solution, while also supporting impairment assessment in selected non-vehicle contexts

➜ Does not disrupt existing customer roadmaps or ongoing OEM integrations

➜ Supports deployment of alcohol impairment detection in production vehicles in 2026

Leadership Perspective

“This acquisition lets us take two complementary approaches to behavioral impairment detection and combine them into a single, better system that can actually ship at scale. We’re building on what we already have in production and making it broader, stronger, and more deployable for automakers. It also brings two Gothenburg companies, both rooted in the city’s long-standing road safety tradition, together to move this forward.”

Martin Krantz

CEO of Smart Eye

“Sightic and Smart Eye are two Gothenburg-based companies with a shared goal: to reduce the leading remaining cause of death in traffic — impairment. Sightic brings our deep specialist expertise and leading technology in impairment detection, while Smart Eye contributes its global presence and market-leading driver monitoring solutions. Together, the companies can set a new standard for road safety and take a leading global position in impairment detection.”

Jenny Johansson

Co-Founder of Sightic

“Sightic has, over several years, built a unique technology for detecting impairment through extensive data collection and model development. The technology is now mature and ready to be scaled and integrated into vehicles for broad deployment. The next natural step is therefore to move from development to large-scale implementation, which is enabled through the collaboration with Smart Eye and its established platforms and global reach.”

Stefanie Najafi

Co-Founder of Sightic

/ Smart Eye

Smart Eye is the leading provider of Human Insight AI, technology that understands, supports and predicts human behavior in complex environments. The company is on a mission to bridge the gap between humans and machines for a safe and sustainable future. Supported by Affectiva and iMotions – companies it acquired in 2021 – Smart Eye’s multimodal software and hardware solutions provide unparalleled insight into human behavior. 

In automotive, Smart Eye’s driver monitoring systems and interior sensing solutions improve road safety and the mobility experience. In June 2025, Smart Eye launched production-grade alcohol impairment detection, becoming the first company to bring this capability into vehicles. The technology was later named a CES 2026 Innovation Awards honoree.

Founded in 1999, Smart Eye is a global company headquartered in Sweden, with customers including NASA, Nissan, Boeing, Honeywell, Volvo, GM, BMW, Polestar, Geely, Harvard University, 26 percent of the Fortune Global 500 companies, and over 1,300 research organizations around the world. 

/ Sightic Analytics  

Sightic Analytics is a Gothenburg-based technology company founded in 2019 by former police officer Stefanie Najafi and psychologist Jenny Johansson. The idea was developed during their time at the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO), where they identified a growing need for objective, scalable methods to assess alcohol and drug impairment and attention-related risks in real-world environments.  

 Sightic is at the forefront of science and technology, developing new ways of identifying impairment through advanced eye analysis and artificial intelligence. By combining cutting-edge research with practical, scalable solutions, the company is helping to strengthen safety standards across industries—supporting safer decisions and contributing to a more secure future for everyone.  

 Sightic received €2.5 million (approximately SEK 28 million) in funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) in recognition of its innovation and its potential to deliver meaningful societal impact.  