AI-powered video data technology launched for CCTV analytics

Bengaluru-based AI startup BLUE on Friday said it has launched a video data technology that enables organisations to store, search and use CCTV footage more efficiently. The company said the innovation - Semantic Video Data Lake - is powered by a proprietary AI (artificial intelligence) engine that delivers up to 90 per cent compression across CCTV camera feeds.

Unlike traditional systems that store raw footage filled with redundant pixels, BLUE extracts meaning from video - identifying events, behaviours and operational signals - and stores this as structured semantic data, it said. This creates a video data lake where businesses can ask questions and receive answers directly from their data.

It added that instead of manually scanning footage, organisations can search across cameras and time periods to understand who did what, when and where.

The system dramatically reduces storage and bandwidth costs while making video instantly searchable and actionable, it said. BLUE is co-founded by Kunal Kislay, an IIT Bombay alumnus with over 20 years of experience in advanced technology. The startup is bootstrapped, with a team of 43 employees.