Plainsight dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of AI-powered computer vision across many verticals and enterprise use cases, including manufacturing, retail, food service, theft, and more. As companies automate their operations with AI and Agents, Plainsight brings vision capabilities to watch and analyze events in the real world and generate structured data for analytics and reporting. Headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Plainsight Technologies operates as a distributed team, delivering cutting-edge solutions worldwide.
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Don’t Give Your Business Data to AI Companies
October 21, 2025
This blog post was originally published at Plainsight Technologies’ website. It is reprinted here with the permission of Plainsight Technologies. I have joined Plainsight Technologies as CEO to do something radical: not steal your data. Vision is our most powerful sense. We navigate the world, recognize faces, assess our surroundings, operate vehicles, and make split-second […]
Plainsight Appoints Venky Renganathan as Chief Technology Officer
October 16, 2025
Enterprise Technology Leader Brings Experience Leading Transformational Change as Computer Vision AI Innovator Moves to Next Phase of Platform Innovation SEATTLE — October 14, 2025 — Plainsight, a leader in computer vision AI solutions, today announced the appointment of Venky Renganathan as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Renganathan is an enterprise technology leader with […]
Plainsight Names Jonathan Simkins as President & CFO
Proven enterprise leader brings expertise in managing privately-held companies during hyper-growth in machine learning, infrastructure software and open source. SEATTLE — September 30, 2025 — Plainsight, the leader in operationalizing computer vision through its pioneering modern computer vision infrastructure, today announced Jonathan Simkins as its President and CFO. In this role, Simkins will help scale […]
“Beyond the Demo: Turning Computer Vision Prototypes into Scalable, Cost-effective Solutions,” a Presentation from Plainsight Technologies
June 26, 2025
Kit Merker, CEO of Plainsight Technologies, presents the “Beyond the Demo: Turning Computer Vision Prototypes into Scalable, Cost-effective Solutions” tutorial at the May 2025 Embedded Vision Summit. Many computer vision projects reach proof of concept but stall before production due to high costs, deployment challenges and infrastructure complexity. This presentation… “Beyond the Demo: Turning Computer […]
Plainsight Introduces Open Source OpenFilter for Scalable Computer Vision AI
May 21, 2025
New project enables enterprises to build, deploy, and manage vision AI pipelines with modular, reusable components SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Embedded Vision Summit, booth #518) – May 21, 2025 – Plainsight, the leader in automated infrastructure for data-centric AI pipelines, today announced the launch of OpenFilter, an open source project that simplifies and accelerates the development, […]
