Eagle Eye Networks Raises $40 Million
Eagle Eye has raised $40 million aiming to "reinvent video surveillance."
We spoke with Eagle Eye to better understand how they were going to do this, including a new emphasis on AI.
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*** ************** ** ***** *** (*** better ** *****) ** **** **** use ***** *** ******* *****. **** (if *** ***) ***** ***** *** vendors *** *** ** ***/*****/****** ***** infrastructures.