Since its founding in February 2024, GMD GmbH has achieved remarkable success, highlighting its innovative strength and commitment to natural hazard prevention.
GMD GmbH develops intelligent technologies for natural hazard prevention, protecting infrastructure, communities, and businesses from the impacts of rockfalls, landslides, floods, and other environmental risks.
By leveraging machine learning, IoT sensors, and real-time data analytics, we enable early risk detection and effective hazard response. Our goal is to enhance the safety and resilience of vulnerable regions through innovative, sustainable, and precise solutions.
We envision a world where natural hazards are detected early, and damage is prevented. By combining smart sensor technology, artificial intelligence, and connected data analytics, we aim to become the leading platform for natural hazard prevention.
Our long-term mission is to make habitats safer worldwide, minimize environmental disasters, and establish sustainable protective measures for future generations.
GMD stands for technology that protects, connects, and safeguards – for a secure future.
Through our work, GMD GmbH contributes significantly to climate adaptation, quantifying natural hazards and their impacts, and preserving mountain ecosystems and biodiversity.
Behind GMD GmbH stands a highly qualified, interdisciplinary team of experts in engineering, data science, environmental technology, and sensor systems. Our specialists combine technological innovation with practical application to develop tailor-made solutions for natural hazard prevention.
Through close collaboration with research institutions, municipalities, and industry partners, we continuously advance IoT sensor technology, machine learning, and real-time data analytics.
Our mission: Protect critical infrastructure, detect risks early, and create sustainable safety concepts.
GMD – Where Innovation Meets Responsibility.
We focus on environmentally friendly, energy-efficient, and sustainable solutions to detect natural hazards early and prevent damage. Our goal is to protect communities, businesses, and critical infrastructure while minimizing our ecological footprint.
By utilizing cutting-edge machine learning algorithms, IoT sensor technology, and real-time data analytics, we create intelligent systems that automatically detect risks and provide timely alerts. Advanced research and technological progress drive our mission.
We work in partnership with municipalities, research institutions, and businesses to develop tailor-made solutions for complex challenges. Transparency, reliability, and open communication are at the heart of everything we do.
Our sensor technology and analytics platforms provide high-precision data for informed decision-making. Safety is our top priority – for both people and infrastructure.
We take a long-term approach, developing adaptive technologies that respond to evolving challenges. Our goal is to increase regional resilience against natural hazards and build a sustainable, secure future.
GMD – Intelligent Solutions for a Safer World.
Precision sensor technology for the long-term preservation of historic buildings
In collaboration with the City of Kufstein, GMD is implementing a self-contained multi-sensor solution at Kufstein Fortress to monitor historic walls. The system continuously records micro-movements, vibrations and environmental influences, and detects potential hazards at an early stage even under challenging conditions in hard-to-reach areas and subject to heritage conservation requirements. The combination of seismic sensors, acceleration measurement and Edge IoT enables precise real-time analysis of structural stability.
The result: early detection of changes, targeted maintenance and a sustainable contribution to the protection of the historic building fabric as well as safety against rockfall.
Neue Prager Hütte (DAV)
In collaboration with the DAV, GMD is implementing an innovative, self-sufficient sensor system at the Neue Prager Hütte to monitor the drinking water supply in high-altitude mountain regions. The system reliably measures spring flow, water levels and water extraction even under extreme conditions at altitudes of over 2,800 metres, without the need for existing energy or data infrastructure. A specially developed IoT architecture enables the stable transmission of measurement data to the GMD® platform, where it is processed for the DAV.
The result: precise real-time data on water availability, optimised planning of hut operations and a sound basis for climate-adaptive water management strategies.
Kufstein: A pioneering region for smart flood prevention
In collaboration with the city of Kufstein, GMD is implementing a smart monitoring system to record water levels, flow velocities and log jams in urban waterways. The project was prompted by recurring flood events, particularly the flooding in July 2021. The aim is to create a system that detects critical developments at an early stage and issues reliable warnings. The solution combines radar, seismic and optical sensors into a robust integrated system. The real-time data is analysed in the GeoSenseAI® platform, enabling precise risk detection even in urban areas prone to interference.
The result: an AI-supported early warning system that automatically informs emergency services, enhances safety and enables data-driven optimisation of infrastructure and risk management.
Smart people counting and visitor management at the Nordkette and Arzler Trail
In collaboration with the operators, GMD is implementing an AI-based system at the Nordkette via ferrata and the Arzler Trail to analyse visitor flows in the alpine region. The solution continuously records visitor numbers, movement patterns and peak times, thereby creating a robust data foundation for the targeted optimisation of infrastructure, safety and visitor management. By combining radar-based sensors with AI-supported analysis, the system operates reliably even under changing alpine conditions – fully GDPR-compliant and without personal identification.
The result: precise insights into visitor flows, relief for sensitive areas, and a reliable foundation for safety measures, trail management and sustainable infrastructure planning.
01. June 2024
On June 1st, GMD GmbH was awarded the prestigious VSE – Verified Social Enterprise Label by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labor. This recognition honors the company's social commitment and sustainable innovation, highlighting its valuable contribution to natural hazard prevention and the protection of critical infrastructure through advanced technological solutions.
17. April 2024
On April 17, 2024, as part of a flagship project in collaboration with the City of Kufstein and the State of Tyrol, a total of 20 state-of-the-art sensors were installed at Kufstein Fortress. This innovative measure enables the precise monitoring of the historic structure and the early detection of potential risks, ensuring its long-term safety and preservation.
07. February 2024
GMD GmbH was founded on February 7, 2024, in Innsbruck.
GMD GmbH is passionately committed to sustainability and climate change adaptation.
Our mission is to minimize the impacts of natural disasters and enhance safety in vulnerable regions through intelligent technologies and comprehensive geomonitoring.
Our core sustainability goals:
As a GreenTech company, we see it as our responsibility to not only enhance civilian protection through our monitoring solutions but also extend the lifespan of infrastructure, thereby promoting biodiversity.
GMD GmbH has been officially awarded the Verified Social Enterprise (VSE) certification, a quality seal granted by the Austrian Ministry of Economy. This label recognizes our commitment as a social enterprise, using technological innovation in natural hazard prevention to create a sustainable societal impact.
Until now, Austria had no official designation for Social Enterprises. With the VSE label, this has changed—companies that meet specific social and environmental criteria can now apply for this certification through Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (aws).
We are proud to be among the first companies to receive this prestigious recognition, reaffirming our commitment to responsible and future-oriented business practices.
GMD® is a company that specializes in the prevention of natural hazards with self-sufficient, AI-based IoT sensor and radio networks with a machine learning GIS risk analysis platform to make natural events more predictable and offers and advises on customer-optimized climate change adaptation models for municipalities, ski resorts or infrastructure operators.
