Start with the app
Connect through the car's own app and record what it shares. See the app.
About Carkenny
A car should be able to show what happened, and the owner should decide who sees it.
Kennith Burks, founder
Kennith Burks is the founder of Carkenny and the inventor named on U.S. Patent 12,354,420 B2. He is based in Newark, New Jersey.
Carkenny began with a routine traffic stop. He knew how fast he had been driving, but he had no way to show it. That gap, between what happened and what could be shown, became the idea for a vehicle event record the owner controls.
He has described the work in interviews and profiles, studied entrepreneurship at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School (Class of 2022) and took part in Capital One's 2023 accelerator for automotive startups. Read the coverage.
By 2023 the idea ran into a wall. Offering speed and video from a phone app meant working inside what each automaker allowed, and those limits made it an uphill battle. The interest is back because many automakers are now building cameras into new cars, which is the hardware a record like this needs.
The path so far
- The stopA traffic stop shows how much a simple record could matter.
- June 2021Patent application filed.
- 2023Early app built on connected-car data; Capital One accelerator. Automaker limits made speed and video an uphill battle.
- July 2025U.S. patent granted.
- 2026Relaunch, as more new cars ship with cameras. Prototype built; talking with automakers and insurers.
Where it is going
Go deeper with automakers
Use cabin cameras, microphones and vehicle signals through partnerships. See partner use cases.
Keep the owner in charge
The owner decides what is recorded, kept and shared.
Be honest about limits
Carkenny makes records easier to trust. Courts decide what counts as evidence.
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