Kit Merker

Posts by Kit Merker

The Convergence of Machine Vision & Vision AI: Unlocking Intelligent Automation

Machine vision gives computers the ability to see, interpret, and act on visual data from the real world. It combines ha …

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Nov 13, 2025 10:23:22 AM

8 Advantages of Open Source for Real-World Vision AI

Computer vision shouldn’t be limited to large organizations with teams of specialized ML and computer vision engineers. …

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Nov 1, 2025 1:50:52 PM

ChatTag: Bringing ChatGPT Vision to Image Annotation in OpenFilter

Image annotation has always been one of those tasks that’s both essential and tedious. Whether you’re labeling thousands …

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Oct 27, 2025 5:39:35 AM

Driving Innovation with SUSE Rancher Prime and Plainsight: AI-Ready, Anywhere

Co-written by: Steve Hale, Sr. Director, ISV Partnerships at SUSE

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Sep 9, 2025 12:00:00 AM

6 Laws of Computer Vision

Computer vision has the power to transform how businesses monitor, measure, and act on visual data. But before you dive …

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Jul 11, 2025 12:00:00 AM

VizOps: DevOps for Vision AI

Vision AI is transforming how industries, from livestock management to manufacturing, solve complex problems. Yet, deplo …

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Jun 26, 2025 12:00:00 AM

OpenFilter: Democratizing Access to Computer Vision

Building computer vision apps shouldn’t require a PhD. That’s why we built OpenFilter, an open-source framework for visi …

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May 21, 2025 12:00:00 AM

AI Adoption & Computer Vision: A Conversation with Larry Carvalho

Kit Merker (right), CEO of Plainsight Technologies, and Larry Carvalho (left), principal consultant at RobustCloud discu …

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Sep 18, 2024 12:00:00 AM

Computer Vision for Any Business

I’m happy to announce I am joining Plainsight Technologies as CEO. I wanted to tell you why I’m fired up to lead this co …

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Jan 23, 2024 12:00:00 AM

Don’t Give Your Business Data to AI Companies

I have joined Plainsight Technologies as CEO to do something radical: not steal your data.

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Jan 22, 2024 12:00:00 AM