Case Study: Prism Skylabs unlocks video intelligence with Microsoft Cognitive Services

Fast-growing startup unlocks business value of video with computer intelligence APIs

Prism Skylabs, a fast-growing startup, sought to transform ordinary security cameras into intelligent business tools. Their challenge was to leverage the data within video feeds without the prohibitive cost and complexity of building their own machine learning and AI infrastructure from scratch, which would have required a team of experts and significant server hardware. To achieve this, they turned to Microsoft Corporation and its Microsoft Cognitive Services APIs.

By integrating Microsoft's Computer Vision API, Prism Skylabs built its Prism Vision app. This solution automatically analyzes video, identifies events and objects, and tags them for easy searchability, eliminating the need for manual review. The ease of integration and the power of Microsoft's pretrained models allowed Prism to quickly bring its product to market. This partnership enabled the company to expand beyond its 300 retail customers into new industries, revolutionizing how businesses extract valuable intelligence from their existing video camera networks.

Prism Skylabs

Stephen Russell

Chief Executive Officer