Calipsa - UK AI Startup Profile

By: Sean Patton, Published on Jul 10, 2019

Analytic startups are a major industry trend.

One UK company, Calipsa is aiming to use AI to filter out false positive alarms for live video monitoring companies.

We spoke to Calipsa to better understand their approach with monitoring companies, analytics offering, and market positioning.

In this note we look at:

Who is Calipsa
What Type of Analytics
What Markets Does Calipsa Target
How Much Does It Cost
What is Calipsa's Go-To-Market

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Comments (3)

Igor Keel

3dEYE (all-in-one AWS cloud VMS) | 07/10/19 03:30pm

* ****** *** **** about ***** *** ***** *******/***' Calipsa ********** ****.

Undisclosed Integrator #1

In reply to Igor Keel | 07/10/19 07:35pm

****** **** **** ** the ******* *** ********* that **** ****** *** SMTP ********.

***** *** ******** ***** monitoring ******** *** *** real ******!

Undisclosed Integrator #1

07/10/19 08:08pm

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