iOmniscient has been recognised with a prestigious accolade at the Australian AI Award for Information Technology, held in Sydney.
The event, which attracted around 250 AI companies, saw iOmniscient standing out among its competitors to secure the top honour, adding to their impressive collection of industry awards.
Marking their 25-year milestone, iOmniscient reflects on its journey in the AI sector, celebrating past successes while continuing to push the frontiers of multi-sensory AI technology. Over the years, the company has accumulated approximately 35 awards globally, a testament to their consistent innovation.
Continuous innovation
The company pioneered numerous technologies, protected by over 70 patents and trade secrets
Founded during a time when AI was yet to gain popularity, iOmniscient initially faced challenges in market acceptance and financial backing.
Despite these hurdles, the company pioneered numerous technologies, protected by over 70 patents and trade secrets, maintaining a steady pace of innovation even during economic downturns and global challenges like pandemics.
Many of iOmniscient’s early technological advancements remain unmatched in the industry. Looking ahead, the company intends to continue setting trends with new technology that addresses complex problems efficiently.
Meeting unique challenges
Throughout its history, iOmniscient has taken pride in overcoming challenges that other companies deemed insurmountable.
Their innovations include performing analytics in crowded settings, building AI systems with minimal data, and conducting advanced operations without the support of GPUs. Tackling these issues has allowed the company to offer solutions that stand out in the market.
Focus on ethical AI
In addition to technical innovation, iOmniscient is committed to advocating for the responsible use of AI. Emphasising ethical practices, they encourage their partners to employ AI for societal benefit, such as improving privacy protection, aiding vulnerable populations, and enhancing safety.
Affordable AI solutions
iOmniscient's dedication also extends to making AI technology accessible. By optimising their systems for lower-resolution cameras, utilising smart compression techniques, eliminating the need for GPUs, and developing autonomous solutions, they strive to offer cost-effective solutions without compromising on quality.
Outcome-focused approach
Transitioning from product selling to guaranteeing customer outcomes, iOmniscient values customer success as a measure of their own. Their approach involves dedicated consultation and problem-solving efforts to deliver the desired outcomes.
This customer-centric model is prioritised over growth, with the belief that success and growth follow naturally from effective customer partnerships.
Appreciation for partners
The team at iOmniscient extends gratitude to their 450+ global partners and numerous clients across 70 countries and 30 industries. Special thanks are also directed to original equipment manufacturers who have integrated iOmniscient's technologies into their own solutions, fostering mutual benefits and shared success in the field of advanced AI solutions.
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At a gala event in Sydney, around 250 AI companies gathered in anticipation of the Australian AI event of the year – the Australian AI Award for Information Technology. iOmniscient won that award and was able to add it to their showcase full of awards.
Over the past 25 years iOmniscient have won major awards across many continents – around 35 in all averaging more than 1 per year. After a quarter of a century in AI they are still able to outshine others with technologies that stand out from the rest.
On the 13th of November, iOmniscient commences its 25th year in operation. It’s a time to reflect on how multi-sensory AI technology has advanced over the last quarter century.
Continuous innovation
When they started they had difficulty convincing the market that AI could be a useful technology. They could not raise any external investment and were forced to bootstrap ourselves into existence. This was long before AI became fashionable.
The company has pioneered many new technologies over this quarter century and the table below highlights some of these – many of which are covered by its 70+ patents and the large volume of trade secrets that surround them.
Continuous innovation has been the key to survival as a small independent company. Even during recessions and pandemics when others were tightening their belts iOmniscient continued with their innovation. In some years there was more than one major new innovation.
Many of their earliest technologies have still not been replicated by their competitors. Looking forward a few years users will continue to see new technologies coming in over the horizon.
Doing the impossible
Over these two and a half decades, iOmniscient have been challenged by their customers to solve problems which to everyone else seemed impossible.
They take pride in solving many of these - from performing analytics in very crowded scenes to building AI systems that can operate with minimal data sets and without GPUs; from doing analytics on the move to determining GPS locations without satellites.
Ethical AI
In addition to innovation, their focus has been on Ethical AI. Any technology can be used for good or evil and iOmniscient have been keen to encourage their partners and customers to use it for good.
Their own emphasis has been on creating building systems for privacy protection, finding lost children, helping the aged, preventing accidents and crime – and, in general, to ensure that AI helps us to build a better world for their children.
Making AI affordable
They have also concentrated on making the technology affordable:
- By designing it to work on lower resolution cameras,
- By building smarter compression technologies,
- By eliminating GPUs and making the system computing light, and
- By making the system autonomous
Their intent has been to ensure that the only way competitors can offer a lower price is by offering an inferior capability.
Guaranteeing outcomes
iOmniscient stopped selling products a long time back. Now they guarantee outcomes. They are only successful when their customer can achieve the outcomes that they require. This means that in many instances they will not take on a project if they do not believe that they can, in fact, generate the results that their customer requires.
If something does not work, they work to fix the issue, working continuously day and night, very often at their own expense. No one in the company is goaled on growth. They are all focused on ensuring that their customer achieves the results he requires.
iOmniscient believes growth is a result that will follow and not the primary motivation for their teams. For this reason, they do not have sales people – only consultants whose job it is to help their partners and their customers achieve what they want using their technology.
Thanking the value added partners
The staff and management of iOmniscient would like to take this opportunity to thank all their 450+ value added partners and their hundreds of customers across 70 countries across 30 different industries, for believing in them and supporting them by using their technology.
And they would particularly like to thank their OEMs who have embedded their technology in theirs and made them their own. They see all these as mutual partnerships.
