Kairos buys Limerick's EmotionReader to make facial recognition diverse

Kairos snaps up EmotionReader, which can scan faces in a crowd and tell how audiences are reacting. EmotionReader, an Enterprise Ireland-backed facial recognition start-up, has been acquired by Miami-based Kairos in an undisclosed "multimillion-dollar" deal. Artificial intelligence (AI) then analyses viewer attention and emotional response, enabling media and brand owners to collect actionable insights and analytics for video. 'In our mission to fix biases in today's face recognition algorithms, we're thrilled to welcome to Kairos some of the best deep-learning talent in the world' – BRIAN BRACKEEN The company is the brainchild of Dr Padraig O'Leary and Dr Stephen Moore, and it was founded only last year. Moore, working from his Singapore base, is understood to have built an impressive R&D team in the south-east Asian country.