Wasabi Technologies recently acquired Curio AI technology from US start-up GrayMeta. With this, it aims to help users of its cloud storage service search more easily through their large amounts of unstructured data.
In addition to acquiring the intellectual property of the AI technology, the entire AI team is also moving to Wasabi. GrayMeta CEO Aaron Edell is also making the move to the cloud storage specialist, where he will become Senior Vice President of AI and Machine Learning.
No announcements were made about the financial details of the acquisition of GrayMeta’s Curio AI technology.
Curio AI technology
With Curio AI, Wasabi gets its hands on AI and ML technology that allows it to search large amounts of unstructured data. More specifically, the technology is capable of automatically creating a searchable index for this unstructured data. Thus, an index can be created for any face, logo, object, sound or word. In the words of Wasabi CEO David Friend, this should revolutionize the use of object storage.
The Curio AI technology was originally developed for the largest unstructured data files in existence: video files. The technology was developed specifically for harvesting metadata from media objects like video and audio.
The technology was also developed to work with any form of storage media where users collected unstructured data. This ultimately made the technology attractive to Wasabi.
Full integration into Wasabi cloud storage
Wasabi itself is going to integrate the Curio AI technology into its own cloud storage portfolio. In doing so, the technology will automatically scan what users put into the intelligent Wasabi storage tier to make an index out of it. This index can be accessed through the Curio interface and other asset management systems such as Iconik, Strawberry and Avid. The technology will focus primarily on media files such as video, though.
The Curio AI technology within Wasabi will be available only as an integrated solution. Stand-alone versions for other cloud-based storage environments will not be offered.
CEO David Friend indicated to CRN that the service will be charged per terabyte, similar to the current cost of Wasabi storage. However, it will be charged a slightly higher price than normal. In return, users will have unlimited access to the AI functionality.
It is not yet known when the technology will actually become available.
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