Plumerai Announces Partnership with
Chamberlain Group, the Largest Manufacturer of Automated Access
Solutions found in 50+ million homes
LONDON, Oct. 7, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Plumerai™, a pioneer in on-device AI
solutions since 2018, today announced a major partnership with
Chamberlain Group, whose brands include myQ and LiftMaster, marking
a significant milestone in the adoption of its Tiny AI
technology.
To achieve features like People Detection and Familiar Face
Identification, cloud-based AI and, in particular, Large Language
Models (LLMs) require vast remote data centers, consume increasing
amounts of energy, pose privacy risks, and incur rising
costs. Plumerai's Tiny AI can do all this on the device
itself, is cost-effective, chip agnostic, capable of operating on
battery-powered devices, doesn't clog up your bandwidth with huge
video uploads, and has minuscule energy requirements. Moreover, it
boasts the most accurate on-device Tiny AI on the market and offers
end-to-end encryption. Already running locally on millions of smart
home cameras, Plumerai's Tiny AI is making communities safer and
lives more convenient, while proving that in AI, smaller can indeed
be smarter. Plumerai has gained strong backing from early investor
Tony Fadell, Principal at Build
Collective along with Dr. Hermann Hauser
KBE, Founder of Arm, and LocalGlobe.
"Tiny AI is a paradigm shift in how we approach artificial
intelligence," said Roeland
Nusselder, Co-founder and CEO at Plumerai. "This approach
allows us to embed powerful AI capabilities directly into smart
home devices, enhancing security and privacy in ways that were once
considered unfeasible. It's not about making AI bigger - it's about
making it smarter, more accessible, and more aligned with people's
real-world needs."
Key Features of Plumerai's Tiny AI on the Edge, No Cloud
Required
- Person, Pet, Vehicle, and Package Detection notifications in
.7 seconds vs. average smart cam 2-10 seconds. This may sound like
an incremental improvement, but anyone that has a smart cam will
appreciate this is a game-changer.
- Familiar Face Identification and Stranger Detection deliver
accurate notifications while protecting privacy; tag up to
40 "safe" i.e. familiar individuals.
- Multi-Cam Person Tracking (first of its kind!) for
comprehensive surveillance.
- Advanced Motion Detection with rapid response time of, on
average, .5 seconds which greatly extends battery life.
- Over-the-Air updates for products in the field means faster
Go-to-Market.
Plumerai has built the most accurate Tiny AI solution for smart
home cameras, trained with over 30 million images and videos.
Consistently outperforming competitors in every commercial
shootout, Plumerai is the undisputed leader in both accuracy and
compute efficiency. Internal test comparisons against a leading
smart camera, widely regarded as the most accurate among
established smart home players, revealed striking results: leading
smart camera's AI incorrectly identified strangers as household
members in 2% of the recorded events, while Plumerai's Familiar
Face Identification made no incorrect identifications.
"Plumerai's technology gives companies a significant edge in a
competitive market, proving that efficient, on-device AI is the
future of smart home security. It's a perfect showcase for Tiny
AI's strengths - privacy, real-time processing, and energy
efficiency. I'm excited by Plumerai's potential to expand into
other IoT verticals and redefine edge computing," said Dr.
Hermann Hauser KBE, Founder of
Arm.
Providing a ready-to-integrate end-to-end solution for AI on the
edge, Plumerai is making AI more competitive and a reality for more
companies. This breakthrough provides consumers with more options
outside the realm of big tech giants like Google, Amazon,
Microsoft, and Apple. Unlike other battery powered "smart" cams
that send their video feed to the cloud over power-hungry Wi-Fi,
Plumerai enables the use of low-power mesh networks to send
notifications. With Plumerai companies can easily
change their chips without losing AI features.
"Integrating Plumerai's Tiny AI into our smart camera lineup has
allowed us to offer advanced AI features on affordable, low-power
devices. This enables us to provide our customers with smarter,
more efficient products that deliver high performance without the
need for cloud processing," said Jishnu Kinwar, VP
Advanced Products at Chamberlain Group.
Notably, 11+ million people rely on
Chamberlain's myQ app daily to access and monitor their
homes, communities and businesses, from anywhere.
"Plumerai's Tiny AI isn't just an incremental advance – it's a
massive market disruption," said Tony
Fadell, Nest Founder and Build Collective Principal. "While
Large Language Models capture headlines, Plumerai is getting
commercial traction with its new smaller-is-smarter AI model. Their
Tiny AI is faster, cheaper, more accurate, and doesn't require
armies of developers harnessing vast data centers."
About Plumerai
Plumerai™ is a pioneering leader
in embedded AI solutions, specializing in highly accurate and
efficient Tiny AI for smart devices. As the market leader in
licensable Tiny AI for smart home cameras, Plumerai powers millions
of devices worldwide and is rapidly expanding into video
conferencing, smart retail, security, and IoT sectors. Their
comprehensive AI suite includes People Detection, Vehicle
detection, Animal detection, Familiar Face Identification, and
Multi-Cam Person Tacking, all designed to run locally on nearly any
camera chip. Headquartered in London and Amsterdam and backed by Tony Fadell, Principal at Build Collective, Dr.
Hermann Hauser, Founder of Arm, and
LocalGlobe. Plumerai enables developers to add sophisticated AI
capabilities to embedded devices, revolutionizing smart technology
while prioritizing efficiency and user privacy.
About Build Collective
Build Collective, led
by Tony Fadell, is a global investment and advisory firm
coaching engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs working on
foundational deep technology. With 200+ startups in its portfolio,
Build Collective invests its money and time to help engineers and
scientists bring technology out of the lab and into our lives.
Supporting companies beyond Silicon Valley, Build Collective's
portfolio is based mainly in the EU and US with some companies
in Asia and the Middle East. From tackling food
security, sustainability, transportation, energy efficiency,
weather, robotics, and disease to empowering small business owners,
entrepreneurs, and consumers, the startups in Build Collective's
portfolio are improving our lives and prospects for the future.
With no LP's to report to, the Build Collective team is hands-on
and advises for the long-term.
About Chamberlain Group
Chamberlain Group is a
global leader in intelligent access and Blackstone portfolio
company. Our innovative products, combined with intuitive software
solutions, comprise a myQ ecosystem that delivers seamless, secure
access to people's homes and businesses. CG's recognizable brands,
including LiftMaster® and Chamberlain® ,
are found in 50+ million homes, and 11+ million people rely on
our myQ® app daily to control and monitor their
homes, communities and businesses, from anywhere. Our patented
vehicle-to-home connectivity solution, myQ Connected Garage, is
available in millions of vehicles from the leading automakers.
Media Contact:
Elise
Houren
elise@buildc.com
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