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Life360

Life360

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Life360 provides families with real-time safety and location tools while offering advertisers and data buyers access to one of the largest opted-in, first-party location datasets in the consumer market.

Last updated Oct 26, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment

Founded
2008
HQ
San Francisco, California, United States
Connections
11

AI-drafted from public sources6 sources cited

At a glance

Employees
501-1000
Funding
$250M+
Revenue
$300M–$400M
Stock
LIF
1corporate family1acquisitions

About

One of the largest first-party consumer location platforms in the US, with a growing data and advertising revenue stream alongside its core family safety subscription business

Life360 is a family safety and location-sharing platform used by tens of millions of families worldwide. Its core app enables real-time location sharing, driving safety alerts, crash detection, and place notifications among family members. The company has grown into one of the largest consumer location platforms in the United States, with a monthly active user base that rivals major social networks in scale among family-oriented demographics. Life360 has built a significant advertising and data business on top of its consumer platform. Through its acquisition of Tile (the Bluetooth tracking device maker) and its earlier acquisition of Placer.ai data partnerships, the company has expanded its data assets. Life360 sells anonymized, privacy-compliant location data and audience segments to advertisers, brands, and data partners, making it a notable player in the location data and audience intelligence space. Its data business provides marketers with insights into consumer movement patterns, retail visitation, and behavioral segments derived from opted-in first-party data. Life360 is publicly traded on the ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) and NASDAQ, giving it a dual-listed profile. The company competes in the consumer safety app space against Google Family Link, Apple's Find My, and others, while its data and advertising business competes with location data providers such as Foursquare, Near Intelligence, and Veraset. Its large opted-in user base and first-party data collection represent a meaningful competitive advantage in an era of increasing signal loss and privacy regulation.

Business model

Freemium SaaS + Data/Advertising

Target market

Consumers (B2C) with B2B data and advertising offerings

What they offer

  • Life360 App

    Core family safety app offering real-time location sharing, place alerts, driving reports, and crash detection for family members

  • Tile

    Bluetooth item-tracking devices and app acquired by Life360, enabling users to locate lost items and expanding the company's hardware and data footprint

  • Driver Protect

    Subscription add-on providing roadside assistance, stolen vehicle assistance, and emergency dispatch services

  • Life360 Data & Audience Platform

    B2B offering that provides advertisers, brands, and data partners with anonymized location-based audience segments and consumer movement insights derived from opted-in first-party data

  • Crash Detection & Emergency Response

    Automatic crash detection using device sensors with optional emergency services dispatch

Key features

Real-time family location sharingDriving safety scores and alertsAutomatic crash detectionPlace arrival and departure notificationsBluetooth item tracking via Tile integrationFirst-party opted-in location data collection at scaleAudience segment creation for advertisersCross-device family graph

Use cases

Family real-time location sharing and safety monitoringTeen driver monitoring and coachingLost item recovery via Tile Bluetooth trackersAdvertiser audience targeting using location-based segmentsRetail visitation analytics for brands and agenciesConsumer movement and behavioral insights for market researchEmergency response and roadside assistance

Customer segments

Families with children and teenagersAdvertisers and media agencies seeking location-based audiencesData buyers and analytics firmsInsurance and automotive companiesRetailers seeking foot traffic insights

Tech & specs

Technology stack

GPS and cellular location technologyBluetooth Low Energy (BLE) via TileMobile SDKs (iOS and Android)Machine learning for driving behavior analysisCloud-based data infrastructurePrivacy-preserving data anonymization

Security & compliance

CCPAGDPRPrivacy policy opt-in consent framework

Deployment

Cloud

API

Limited

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