The biggest trend in video surveillance and indeed the security industry as a whole over the past several years has been the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the revolutionary promise it holds for the market. What once seemed like capabilities reserved only for the characters of science fiction novels and movies, are quickly becoming a reality because of advancements in computing combined with parallel breakthroughs in machine learning technology. This has subsequently resulted in a renaissance for video analytics, which were frequently written off by systems integrators and end users as being an over-hyped solutions. Indeed, many of the vendors that offered video analytics as a standalone solution as little as a decade ago have now been largely relegated to the ash heap of industry history via company or patent acquisition. Now, however, the technology is once again flourishing with fresh venture capital funds flowing into an evergrowing number of companies.