Verkada launches AI-powered deterrence

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Verkada has announced the availability of AI-powered deterrence, an innovation meant to addresses a critical gap in traditional security systems, which only react after a break-in has occurred.

Leveraging the latest large vision, audio, and language models, Verkada's AI-powered deterrence feature analyzes footage from video security cameras to detect unauthorized behavior like loitering and automatically triggers a sequence of AI-generated messages that incorporate scene context, such as describing a person's clothing or location, and escalate deterrence measures over time if the person remains on site. The system can also even change the voice for each deterrence incident for greater effectiveness against repeat offenders.

"AI-powered deterrence represents a fundamental shift that we've been driving for our customers: moving from reactive to proactive security," said Brandon Davito, Senior Vice President of Product and Operations at Verkada. "We're delivering on Verkada's goal of building safer, smarter communities in a very real and tangible way when our customers have the ability to stop an incident before it escalates."

Verkada also announced the availability of more advanced AI-powered alerting capabilities, including compound alerts, which enable customers to trigger notifications only when multiple conditions that they specify are met, and new AI-powered functionality across its intercoms and visitor management product to make building entry even more seamless and personalized. Those include:

• Live translation
• AI-powered voice directory
• Biometric ID verification

To learn more, visit www.verkada.com