Perceptron Mk1: Video AI 80-90% Cheaper Than Rivals

Startup Perceptron Inc. has launched Mk1, a proprietary video analysis AI model priced at $0.15 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens, making it 80-90% cheaper than offerings from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google. The two-year-old company targets enterprises seeking AI that can monitor live video feeds, highlight marketing content, detect video errors, and analyze human behavior in studies or hiring processes. Mk1 aims to bring video understanding AI into mainstream commercial use.