Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems

Conntour is an AI-powered video search platform that uses vision-language models (AI systems trained to understand both images and text) to let security personnel search through surveillance footage using natural language queries, similar to how Google searches the web. The startup raised $7 million in funding and distinguishes itself by efficiently scaling to handle thousands of camera feeds while running on standard consumer hardware like Nvidia GPUs. The company's founders emphasize being selective about which clients they work with based on ethical and legal considerations.