Conntour Raises $7M From General Catalyst, YC To Build An AI Search Engine For Security Video Systems
Conntour's AI search engine for security video just raised $7M. Here's how it works — and why they're carefully turning some clients away.
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Conntour Raises $7M From General Catalyst, YC To Build An AI Search Engine For Security Video Systems
AI Security Camera Search Engine Raises $7M — Turning Clients Away A two-year-old startup just closed a $7 million seed round in under 72 hours. Its AI platform lets security teams search thousands of camera feeds using plain English — and its founders are quietly choosing who gets access. An AI-powered search engine for security camera footage just raised $7 million in seed funding — and the entire round wrapped up in less than three days. The startup behind it, Conntour, lets security teams search live and recorded camera feeds using plain, everyday language, almost like typing into a search engine. Major government agencies and publicly listed companies are already using it. And yet, the founders are saying no to certain clients. $7M Seed raised 72h Round closed 50× Feeds per GPU What does an AI search engine for security video actually do? Most surveillance systems work on rigid rules — motion zones, object sizes, preset triggers. Conntour throws all of that out. A security operator can typ…
