Milestone Systems reveals acquisition of brighter AI

Milestone Systems has announced the acquisition of brighter AI, which will be effective April 2025.

Challenging AI advancements

The company claims that the advances of AI raise concerns around data privacy across the world.

One of the challenges in developing AI solutions is finding and accessing sufficient data that can be used.

Without data, there are no AI models to train, which are essential for existing AI technologies such as ChatGPT and Copilot.

This challenge is particularly significant in video data, where it is even more difficult to find data that does not contain sensitive personal information.

The acquisition

The solution lies within regulatory-compliant data and this is exactly what brighter AI’s anonymisation technology brings.

The acquisition of brighter AI also opens up a range of new opportunities with anonymisation capabilities and privacy enhancement, which protects data and enables full data privacy.

The addition of brighter AI significantly strengthens Milestone’s offerings for video management software, video surveillance as a service and video analytics and fuels the company’s ongoing growth journey in and beyond security.

Additionally, brighter AI’s anonymisation technology serves as a cornerstone of the recently announced data library and AI model training tool Project Hafnia.

“A perfect match”

Thomas Jensen, CEO, Milestone Systems commented: “brighter AI is a perfect match for Milestone. Their proven technology is top-notch and will give us a wider offering to existing and future technology partners and customers.

“The anonymisation tool for video technology will also enhance our focus on responsible technology. Even more important, our two company cultures are highly compatible.

“Having known brighter AI for a while, as we have an established collaboration on Project Hafnia, I have complete faith that this will be a great benefit for all.”

He concluded: “I am indeed very pleased to welcome our new colleagues to Milestone.”

“Secure, ethical and transformative”

Marian Gläser, CEO and Co-Founder, brighter AI commented: “brighter AI was founded with the mission to make visual data usable in a privacy-preserving way.

“Joining Milestone Systems marks an exciting new chapter—together, we can scale that mission to a global level out of Europe.”

Gläser continued: “Milestone’s leadership in responsible video technology and their vision with Project Hafnia align perfectly with our own values.

“We’re proud that our anonymisation solutions will become a core pillar of a platform that’s set to redefine how compliant, high-quality video data is used to train AI.

“We’re ready to shape the future of visual AI—secure, ethical and transformative,” he concluded.