Recording litter on a riverbank with an AI mobile app

FRUGAL AI · DATA · ENVIRONMENT

Digital technology for the environment.

NAIA Science designs frugal AI solutions applied to the environment, from urban cleanliness to biodiversity monitoring, for environmental, scientific and local government stakeholders.

✓  Greentech Innovation label from the French Ministry of Ecological Transition     ✓  French Young Innovative Company (JEI)

OUR SOLUTIONS

Technology that serves the field

Street cleanliness on the Cobra Propreté platform

Cobra Propreté

An all-in-one solution to audit the cleanliness of your area, report issues and optimise your street cleaning routes.

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Karibou Project: wildlife detection using artificial intelligence

Karibou Project

AI automatically sorts camera trap images to keep only those showing an animal: caribou, geese and other tundra species.

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OUR EXPERTISE

Complex data, useful tools

We combine artificial intelligence, web and mobile development, data processing and mapping to turn complex data into useful tools for environmental, research and public-sector stakeholders.

Digital technology for environmental challenges

Applications designed to address concrete needs in understanding, monitoring and protecting the environment.

Frugal artificial intelligence

AI models suited to both the cloud and mobile devices, with particular attention to their cost and footprint.

Data & mapping

Databases, processing, visualisation and mapping to make the most of environmental data and share it.

Citizen science

Digital tools that involve citizens in collecting, observing and sharing scientific data.

OUR APPROACH

Doing more with less

At NAIA Science, we believe technology should be proportionate to the needs it serves. We favour simple, lightweight and sustainable architectures, designed to be robust, easy to maintain and resource-efficient.

Our artificial intelligence is not meant to replace people. We build tools that help them carry out complex tasks, while always leaving the decision to them.

Simplicity

Understandable solutions suited to real-world use.

Frugality

Lightweight architectures and controlled resource consumption.

Sustainability

Robust, maintainable technology designed to last.

OUR PROJECTS

In the field

Cobra Propreté

This solution enables local authorities to measure the cleanliness of their area and optimise their street cleaning operations using data collected directly in the field.

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Plastic Origins

A citizen science tool that mobilises people against litter pollution in rivers.

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Karibou Project

Artificial intelligence sorts camera trap images to spot wild animals, saving weeks of analysis.

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They trust us

France 2030
Banque des Territoires
City of Metz
Water and Environment Laboratory – Gustave Eiffel University

Ecolab  ·  Lyon Métropole  ·  Enghien-les-Bains  ·  Montpellier  ·  Cannes  ·  Ecogéos  ·  Arras

OUR AMBITION

Building useful, responsible digital technology

We want to develop frugal technologies that can address the major environmental challenges of the 21st century.

Environment

Putting digital technology to work for the understanding and protection of living things.

Collaboration

We are inspired by open source, knowledge sharing and collaborative approaches.

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The founders of NAIA Science

NAIA Science in numbers

JEI

A French Young Innovative Company

2 + 3

2 employees · 3 partners

Greentech Innovation label

Greentech

Greentech Innovation label from Ecolab / French Ministry of Ecological Transition

In the press

LA gazette des communes

Intelligence artificielle : quatre cas d’usage inspirants pour des services publics augmentés

June 2026 · Read the article (in French) →

Banque des Territoires

L’IA au service de la propreté : le pari réussi de la Ville de Metz avec le projet ViPARE

May 2026 · Read the article (in French) →

Villagile

L’intelligence artificielle au service de la propreté des collectivités

July 2023 · Read the article (in French) →

City of Metz

Propreté urbaine : plus propre la ville ! Le projet ViPARE sélectionné

June 2023 · Read the article (in French) →

Surfrider Foundation

Livre blanc : l’IA pour quantifier les déchets en rivière (Plastic Origins)

May 2025 · Read the article (in French) →

Do you have an environmental project?

Need to turn environmental data into a simple, robust and frugal digital tool?