AI physical security · Smart building intelligence

Kognition makes your building intelligent.

Kognition is AI software that turns the cameras and access control you already own into real-time security and building intelligence — threats detected, people protected, no new hardware, no rip-and-replace.

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Works with your existing cameras
4 intelligent apps, one platform
Deployed in days, not months

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The stakes

Your building. Your people. Your watch.

The threat landscape keeps growing more complex, while schools, healthcare organizations, and commercial real estate firms are asked to protect people with outdated, disconnected technology. When prevention fails, students, staff, visitors, and tenants pay the price.

The building you already own can protect itself.

Kognition’s patented software turns the infrastructure you’ve already paid for into an intelligent security and operations layer:

Intelligent video — cameras become AI sensors that detect, track, and count in real time.
Access control — keyless, touchless entry that catches piggybacking and tailgating.
Workplace safety — alerts for unsafe conditions, built on CDC, OSHA, and FDA guidance.
Audit & compliance — reporting as simple as pushing a button.

The apps

Four apps. One intelligent platform.

Purpose-built AI apps that run on the cameras and doors you already own — and turn raw feeds into real-time, actionable alerts.

People

An always-on force multiplier — biometric-free behavior analysis, perimeter monitoring, people counting, and slip-and-fall detection.

Kognition People →

Watchlist

Complete site vigilance with immediate notifications of wanted and unwanted guests — at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems.

Kognition Watchlist →

Vehicles

License plate recognition that extends site security into parking lots, garages, and the streets surrounding your location.

Kognition Vehicles →

Threats

Persistent full-site monitoring — including visible firearm detection — integrated with your existing camera systems.

Kognition Threats →

How it works

You own the sensors. We supply the brain.

Connect what you own

Kognition plugs into your existing cameras, access control, and building systems. Hardware-agnostic and open by design — no rip-and-replace.

AI fuses and understands

Patented data-fusion algorithms turn disparate streams into real-time situational awareness — people, vehicles, watchlists, and threats.

Your team acts

Proactive, actionable alerts in one pane of glass — so a small team can respond to what matters, the moment it matters.

For CIOs & IT teams

Built to fit the stack you already run

VMS & camera ecosystems

Works with Genetec, Milestone, Hanwha Vision, Axis, and ONVIF cameras — one unified control plane across your estate.

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Edge, cloud, or hybrid

Deploy on-premises edge appliances, in the cloud, or both — compute sized to your camera estate, on an open systems architecture.

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GPU-accelerated on NVIDIA

Deep learning models run GPU-accelerated for real-time detection, from edge appliances to data-center servers.

NVIDIA + Kognition →

Edge inference on Cloud AI 100

Power-efficient, real-time AI inference on Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 accelerators — lowering the footprint of always-on video analytics.

Qualcomm + Kognition →

Your data stays on your servers

All data lives on customer-owned servers. Kognition doesn’t access, mine, or sell it — and you set retention and redaction policies.

How we protect data →

Scales with your footprint

Start with one building — or a subset of one — and grow to thousands of doors, cameras, and sensors, on core technology protected by three U.S. patents.

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