In September, Brent announced our latest round of funding and talked in detail about “the other side of hard”, in which he discussed our journey to date, thanked those that have joined with us to bring our plans to life and talked a bit about the future-forward technologies that will drive the next wave of AI-powered video analytics.
From my perspective, I am very excited to lead such a smart team of computer vision experts as we continue to push our solution well beyond the “bounding box” and into the next wave of AI-powered use cases in physical security.
Wave 1 was about getting deep learning-based object detection to work on fixed and mobile videos to then extracting both descriptive (men in blue shirts near white trucks) and definitive attributes (face, person, vehicle identities) and select events. This technology has to work across challenging scene conditions, ever smaller objects, and when the objects aren't fully visible.
The technology also has to deliver lightning-fast search, accurate tracking and robust re-identification capabilities for situational awareness and investigative use cases. All of these things are built into the end-to-end solution that our customers use in our current Vintra Prevent and Vintra Investigate products. In spite of the fact that not all video analytic solutions available in the market are not yet fully embracing Wave 1, we are at a point where even the flourishing players offering Wave 1-like solutions will coalesce.
The new wave will end up with a system that will be able to work alongside human operators to make the right decision faster and more simply.
Wave 2 is about applying deep reasoning systems to the ever-growing corpus of machine learning-produced metadata captured by video sources. It’s about delegating more responsibility to the system and it means making the system control its accuracy, learn from its own outputs and distinguish specific priorities. All in all, unlike Wave 1, in which the main role is pointed out to a defined object in a time window, the new wave will end up with a system that will be able to work alongside human operators to make the right decision faster and more simply.
As we dive deeper into Wave 2, there are a few key aspects to consider:
At Vintra, we are excited by the challenge of Wave 2 as we continue to build upon our best-in-class video analytics solution. If you’d like to join us on this journey of securing environments so people can flourish, we’re hiring and would love to talk.
To our customers, we appreciate your support throughout this journey. The training data that is regularly provided by your real-world use cases continues to power our solution to new heights. To my team of incredibly sharp engineers and ML experts, thank you for your dedication to our mission and to our ever-growing customer base — for it is their large, tough challenges that drive our innovation engine every single day.