Wasabi Technologies Introduces Wasabi AiR
Wasabi
Technologies, the hot cloud storage company,
introduced Wasabi AiR, the
industry's first AI-enabled intelligent media storage. Wasabi AiR combines
Wasabi’s high-performance, low-cost object storage with advanced AI metadata
auto-tagging and multilingual searchable speech-to-text transcription. Video
files uploaded to Wasabi AiR are immediately analyzed and a second-by-second
metadata index is created, enabling users to quickly find what they are looking
for. Wasabi AiR greatly reduces the cost of metadata creation: with Wasabi AiR,
customers pay only for the storage. There is no additional charge for use of
the AI.
In January, Wasabi announced its acquisition of Curio AI, a
state-of-the-art AI platform designed specifically to analyze and index large
video archives. Now users simply upload their video files to Wasabi AiR storage
and the AI automatically goes to work generating a rich second-by-second
metadata index. Wasabi AiR uses facial recognition, searchable speech-to-text,
multi-lingual translation, speaker recognition, optical text recognition, logo
identification, and sounds recognition with unparalleled accuracy. Video
archives currently stored on tape can be uploaded to Wasabi AiR storage and
formerly “dead” content can become a new source of revenue and user engagement.
Wasabi AiR is purpose-built for use cases including:
· Post-production: Quickly find and
assemble video for news packages, highlight reels, social media content and
more in real time to enable production teams to focus on creativity without
being bogged down searching for content
· Sponsorship and marketing ROI: Find logos
for sponsorship attribution with ease for ROI analysis
· Geo-diversity: Tailor content to
specifically meet the requirements of geo-diverse audiences
“Wasabi AiR introduces a solution to a persistent 25-year-old challenge,
combining AI-driven search capabilities with high-performance cloud storage,”
said Dave McCarthy, research vice president at IDC. “This marks a
transformative shift in media management, offering efficiency and accessibility
for businesses dealing with massive unstructured data. Wasabi AiR represents a
significant advancement in tackling the longstanding issue of managing
extensive data archives, within a substantial market for intelligent media
storage solutions."
“Why move to the cloud if you still can’t find anything?” said David
Friend, co-founder and chief executive officer, Wasabi Technologies. “Object
storage without metadata is like a library without a catalog. Wasabi AiR works
right out of the box and it’s as simple to use as popular search engines. For
example, if it finds a face that it doesn’t recognize, it asks ‘Who is this?’
Using a simple UI, the user can train their own models. You can have tens of
thousands of hours of video, and Wasabi AiR will take you right to the moment
you are looking for. And you can search as much as you want – we only charge
for the storage.”
Transformative Price Predictability and Performance Accuracy
Media organizations are operating under tighter deadlines and narrower
profit margins and are looking for ways to speed production workflows while
controlling costs. Wasabi AiR’s inexpensive, capacity-based pricing allows
users the freedom to work with their content without being penalized with
unpredictable fees for AI analysis, egress, or API requests, at a price up to
80% less than competitors. Both source files and metadata are owned exclusively
by each customer – Wasabi never uses our customer’s proprietary data to train
models that others can use. Files and metadata are secure and protected from
ransomware, disasters or accidental deletions by Wasabi’s immutable storage and
unique multi-user authentication.
“Wasabi AiR significantly reduces our manual efforts due to its seamless
use of AI recognition technology to identify, organize and categorize files,”
said Drew Crisp, Senior Vice-President of Digital at Liverpool Football Club.
“At the club we handle extensive media content, and so this enhanced efficiency
could really help us to locate specific content quickly and accurately within
our archive, and create new content streams quickly, empowering our creativity
and innovation. Wasabi AiR transcends mere storage; it will become another key
to unlocking the full potential of our content.”
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