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AI detection mapped to NQS quality areas
Real-time alerts for safer childcare rooms.
Incident detected
Trip and fall · Toddler room
Lunero helps centres respond faster in the moment, then build stronger oversight, clearer documentation, and better operational capability over time.
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Clear answers
What Lunero is, in plain language.
Lunero is an Australian childcare safety platform that works with existing CCTV, applies real-time AI detection on-prem, and turns verified room events into clearer incident evidence for operators, directors, and governance teams.
What is Lunero?
Lunero combines existing childcare CCTV, on-prem AI detection, and structured incident review so operators can respond faster and retain clearer evidence.
How is it different from standard CCTV?
Standard CCTV records footage. Lunero adds event detection, room context, escalation logic, and a usable evidence trail so review does not start from scratch.
Why does on-prem AI matter?
On-prem processing keeps video local by default, reduces cloud-video dependency, and gives operators tighter control over privacy, access, and exports.
Why teams lean in
Why operators are taking a closer look.
Lunero is resonating because it solves an immediate operational problem while creating a stronger foundation for review, reporting, and capability uplift.
Faster response
Real-time alerts help leaders and educators act quickly when something needs attention.
Clearer evidence
Verified incidents create a cleaner record for documentation, internal review, and leadership oversight.
Stronger oversight
The same event data can surface patterns across rooms, teams, and centres over time.
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Real-time incident alerts remain the operational hook. Evidence and capability uplift build from the same verified event data.
Workflow overview
How Lunero works in practice.
From the moment something happens in a room to leadership review and follow-up.
Step 01
Incident detected.
The moment something happens — a trip and fall, a supervision gap, an access anomaly — Lunero flags it in real time with full room and time context attached from the start. No manual review to trigger it. No lag.
Trip and fall detected · Toddler room Action required Alert · 14:23:07
Step 02
Team responds.
Staff or leaders verify what happened, add context, and mark the response — all without slowing the room down. The grace period model keeps false alarms from becoming noise while still capturing everything that matters.
Response captured within grace period No escalation Acknowledged · 14:24:18
Step 03
Oversight and uplift.
Verified incidents become structured evidence. Directors and operators use the same event data for reporting, pattern review, and targeted follow-up — building genuine capability uplift across rooms, teams, and centres over time.
Structured incident log Leadership visibility Pattern-based follow-up
What the system sees
Visibility across all your centres.
Operators see which centres are stable, which are trending up, and where follow-up is needed first — all in one view.
Operator overview
Multi-site trend visibility
Brunswick Centre
+12 alerts
Trip-and-fall alerts up month-on-month
Geelong West
+6 alerts
Supervision alerts rising this month
Essendon North
Stable
No material month-on-month change
Ballarat Central
+3 alerts
Minor increase worth review
Richmond East
Stable
No material month-on-month change
Mornington South
Stable
No material month-on-month change
30-day trend snapshot
21
Net alert increase
6
Centres monitored
3
Trending up
Local control
Built for trust, privacy, and local control.
Lunero is designed to keep sensitive footage and operational data under tighter local control while giving leaders the evidence they need.
Video stays at your centre
Processed on-site, not continuously streamed away.
Clear access control
Role-based access and exportable audit logs.
Built for Australian childcare
Designed around childcare operations, not generic security.
Local support
Direct access to the team building and refining the product.
Pilot pathway
Pilot with Lunero.
We're working with a focused group of providers to validate workflows, refine capability uplift priorities, and prepare for broader rollout.
Request pilot conversationPilot planning is active now. Shortlisted providers are contacted directly as sites and use cases are confirmed.
Best fit
- Multi-site or operationally engaged providers
- Existing CCTV or a clear upgrade path
- Teams willing to shape product priorities with us
What partners get
- Real-time incident alerts and evidence capture
- Direct input on capability uplift priorities
- Implementation support and local product access
Operator briefings
Latest analysis from the stories operators are watching.
Mainstream coverage shapes board pressure, parent expectations, and regulator scrutiny. These briefings translate that into practical implications for provider groups.
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