CustomAI
Preventing the entry of illegal goods, safeguarding public safety and revenue, and ensuring the smooth flow of international commerce.
Our Mission
CustomAI brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of experts to develop an AI-driven toolkit designed to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of customs operations. The ultimate goal is drastically reduce false positives – cases where shipments are flagged for inspection despite being legitimate – while ensuring that high-risk cargoes are accurately identified.
Consortium
CustomAI in a nutshell
Key innovations
At the heart of CustomAI lies the Virtual Customs Control Office (VCCO) concept – a digital environment encapsulating all the knowledge and processes needed to manage customs control for an artefact.
AI-based risk anticipation
AI-enhanced vapour-based detectors
AI-based x-ray analysis
Multimodal LLM Continual Learning
Blockchain-enabled data sharing
Semantic NeRF-based representation
At the heart of CustomAI lies the Virtual Customs Control Office (VCCO) concept – a digital environment encapsulating all the knowledge and processes needed to manage customs control for an artefact.
Latest News
Welcoming Wil van Heeswijk to the CustomAI External Advisory Board
We are thrilled to announce that Wil van Heeswijk, a distinguished expert in European customs policy and security technology, has officially joined the CustomAI External Advisory Board (EAB).
CustomAI at the Projects to Policy Seminar
On June 10-11, 2026, the CustomAI Project Coordinator, Henrik Larsen, and the project’s communication and dissemination manager, Klaudia dos Santos, attended the Projects to Policy Seminar organized at the Renaissance Hotel in Brussels, Belgium.
Frontier of Postal Security: Webinar Report
Following the success of the “Building an Integrated Security Ecosystem: Advancing Detection Across the Global Trade and Transit Continuum” webinar, CustomAI, in partnership with the BAG-INTEL and SAUST projects, hosted a second specialized webinar. Titled “The Next Frontier in Postal Security: AI, Sensors, and Logistics Intelligence,” the event focused on the critical intersection of high-volume logistics and advanced screening technologies.