OpenAV Cloud has released its first-ever State of AV Interoperability Report, highlighting a strong industry shift toward open standards and API-driven AV systems. Based on survey responses and live polling from AV manufacturers, integrators, consultants, and end users, the report reveals that 79% of respondents are already adopting or planning to adopt open AV models within the next year. It also found that while cloud-connected AV environments are now common, many organizations still struggle with fragmented platforms and inconsistent vendor APIs.
The report underscores the growing demand for a shared interoperability framework, with open and consistent APIs ranked as the industry’s top priority. More than three-quarters of respondents see value in an open interoperability standard, while 59% said they are likely to reference OpenAV Cloud in future projects and RFPs. According to OpenAV Cloud, the findings show that the AV industry is ready for greater standardization, making interoperability a key driver of future innovation, integration, and procurement decisions.
OpenAV Cloud today published the State of AV Interoperability Report, the initiative’s first industry research study capturing the current state of AV interoperability open cloud API adoption. Combining a 29-respondent written survey with live poll data from up to 54 session participants, the report captures the views of AV manufacturers, system integrators, consultants, and end users gathered at the OpenAV Cloud Technical Roundtable on April 23, 2026 – a 90-minute working session attended by 85 professionals.
The findings present a clear picture: the industry is moving and the direction is decided. 79% of survey respondents are already transitioning to open, API-driven AV models or plan to within 12 months. While 94% of poll participants are already operating in cloud-connected AV environments, the defining question is no longer if, but how fast – and the data points clearly to where the opportunity lies.
Key Findings
- 94% of live poll participants are already operating in cloud-connected AV environments – yet most are managing fragmented realities, with siloed vendor tools or multiple platforms that are difficult to integrate.
- 79% of respondents are already moving toward open AV or plan to within 12 months.
- Open, consistent API structure ranked #1 among five interoperability priorities – above unified monitoring, enterprise IT integration, automation, and AI.
- 78% describe their current API situation as “APIs exist but are inconsistent across vendors” – the industry is not starting from zero. A shared standard is what’s missing.
- 76% rate a shared open interoperability framework as valuable or highly valuable.
- 59% are likely or very likely to reference OpenAV Cloud in future projects or RFPs, signaling that procurement is becoming a forcing function.
The report also surfaces a nuanced finding on perceived value: while 76% of practitioners rate open interoperability frameworks as valuable or highly valuable, the majority chose “Valuable” rather than “Highly Valuable.” The data suggests confidence is real but conditional – practitioners are broadly supportive, but are waiting for the specification to mature and manufacturers to commit before upgrading their assessment.
The cloud maturity data reinforces the urgency. The industry has cloud tools, and it has APIs – but they do not speak the same language. 78% of poll participants say APIs exist across the systems they work with today, but are inconsistent across vendors. A shared open API layer is not a distant ambition. It is the missing piece in infrastructure that already exists. On the procurement front, 59% of respondents are likely or very likely to reference OpenAV Cloud in RFPs. As one practitioner put it: “A published framework I can hold as a minimum for proposed brands in RFPs.” Manufacturers who build to the OpenAV Cloud framework now are the ones who will appear in those specifications.
“This report puts data behind what we hear in every industry conversation. The ecosystem is ready – the cloud infrastructure is there, the appetite is real, and the framework gives everyone something concrete to build against,” said Adam Sowers, Chair of OpenAV Cloud. “Manufacturers who engage with OpenAV Cloud now aren’t just supporting an open framework. They’re positioning themselves at the center of how AV evolves over the next five years.”
