Voxel51, a visual AI solutions company, has announced the milestone release of version 1.0 of its open-source platform, FiftyOne. As the backbone of Voxel51’s commercial offering, FiftyOne Teams, the open-source version simplifies and streamlines the process of using visual data to develop reliable and scalable visual AI applications.

FiftyOne was developed by Voxel51’s team of computer vision and machine learning experts to reinvent how visual data is used in developing AI models and applications. With this milestone open source release, FiftyOne delivers on the vision of an integrated solution that can extract valuable intelligence from diverse visual data and automate the iterative processes of using that data to build robust AI models. Exhibiting exceptional ease-of-use, flexibility, and extensibility essential to fit how AI builders work, the milestone provides comprehensive capabilities to develop and deliver visual AI applications successfully.

This release includes:

• Support for additional varieties and forms of visual data – from 3D meshes and scenes to point clouds and geometries – throughout exploration, curation, and model development.
• A powerful customizable and extensible framework that enables building interactive data applications, trigger operations, and custom dashboards using Python that aid in fine-tuning models and datasets, while supporting developers in the way they build their visual AI applications.
• Adding native vector search integration with Elasticsearch to expand the ecosystem of tools that can be used seamlessly with FiftyOne.
• Open sourcing of the core machine learning techniques for data and models in FiftyOne Brain that help uncover hidden structure and relationships in visual data by algorithmically assessing uniqueness, similarity, representativeness, and more.

“It’s impossible to develop reliable, trustworthy visual AI when you’re struggling to curate and understand millions of data samples and how to use them to build AI models that will succeed in real-world applications,” said Voxel51 co-founder and CEO Brian Moore. “This milestone release delivers the solid foundation for innovation in visual AI made possible when every AI builder has the ability to bring quality data and analysis to every step of their development process. FiftyOne’s ease of use, extensibility, and transparency are democratizing best practices for visual AI development, and we’re excited to see our thriving community continue to deliver new value that advances the ecosystem.”

Harnessing the Power and Promise of Open Source AI
The release of open source machine learning algorithms in FiftyOne Brain demonstrates Voxel51’s continuing commitment to open source AI. The AI ecosystem is at a pivotal crossroads, marked by numerous questions and opinions about the true meaning of open source AI — an uncertainty that could shape the future of this rapidly evolving field. Unlike approaches and vendors that rely on closed, black-box, or only partially open offerings, Voxel51 believes that open source and transparency are critical in all aspects of AI, from models to data to systems.