DFKI Spin-Off

IKARA is being founded as a spin-off of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

2018 August

McDonald's

IKARA is launching a proof-of-concept with McDonald's Germany to optimize the drive-thrus.

2019 June

REWE

IKARA wins a proof-of-concept for a framework agreement with REWE.

2020 October

Lufthansa

IKARA is starting a collaboration with Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND) as a technology provider.

2021 February

McDonald's

IKARA has signed the contract for the nationwide rollout of its drive-thru solution for McDonald's in Germany.

2021 March

Intrusion detection

IKARA succeeds with its AI-based intrusion detection system at McDonald's Germany.

2021 October

Restaurants

IKARA completes the rollout of its drive-thru solution in over 1,000 restaurants.

2022 January

REWE Logistic

IKARA signs a framework agreement with REWE for the logistics sector.

2022 March

Logistics warehouse Scanning

IKARA conducts the first proof-of-concept with LHIND, focusing on automated scanning in logistics warehouses.

2022 November

Planzer

IKARA is launching a pilot project with the logistics company Planzer for real-time cargo monitoring of the truck fleet.

2023 April

LHIND at AIDA

IKARA wins the first pilot installation with LHIND at AIDA.

2023 June

DHL Hub

IKARA installs its workforce monitoring and container tracking solution in a section of the DHL hub at Brussels Airport.

2023 August

Technologiepartner

IKARA becomes a technology partner of Milestone, one of the leading providers of video management software.

2024 February

Planzer cargo monitoring

Planzer and IKARA begin the second phase of their joint project for cargo monitoring in a larger number of trucks.

2024 May

IKARA solution in Brussels

DHL decides to expand the IKARA solution in Brussels to the entire hub and to jointly test new use cases.

2024 August