GoDaddy has entered the agentic AI arena with the launch of Airo.ai, a Beta platform designed to turn simple conversations into actionable outcomes for small businesses. The AI agent guides users through website creation, content management, and other essential tasks, offering a hands-free approach to digital operations.
“Airo.ai represents the next step in automating everyday business workflows,” said GoDaddy in a statement. The platform exemplifies how conversational AI is evolving beyond chat into task completion and operational support.
Meanwhile, in Copenhagen, the Milestone Developer Summit 2025 brought together global innovators, developers, and technology partners to explore AI-driven video solutions. Hosted at the historic Carlsberg Museum, the summit emphasized open platform development, responsible AI, and hands-on experimentation, including the Hafnia Hackathon.
“Technology is evolving faster than ever, and no single company has all the answers,” said Sebastian Döllner, VP of Technology Partnerships & Open Platform at Milestone. “Milestone’s open platform empowers innovation, enabling partners and customers to build on top of our video management software.”
AI-Powered Video and Smart City Solutions
Developers from 15 countries accessed Milestone’s upcoming specialized Vision-Language Model (VLM), trained using NVIDIA Cosmos-Reason and Hafnia’s domain-specific data library. The VLM understands city-specific visuals, symbols, weather, lighting, and events, unlocking new possibilities for smart city applications.
Hackathon participants were challenged to create innovative integrations with third-party apps using the VLM API. Projects focused on converting live video feeds into actionable insights, from emergency response planning to traffic management.
Milestone also unveiled a generative AI-powered plugin for XProtect Video Management Software, capable of turning footage into written reports, summaries, and real-time alerts—helping urban operators manage traffic, ports, and airports more efficiently.
Hackathon Highlights
Of the six finalists, the winner was Thomas Kreutz with his project “Ask The City”, which transforms live city cameras into privacy-aware, real-time answers to user queries. Kreutz took home €5,000 and an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit.
Other finalists included:
- VLM for Emergency Response – AI-powered edge devices to triage and contextualize events.
- SmartMap – Live map overlays combining incident detection, traffic, and weather data.
- RevoFlow – No-code workflow builder for AI video analytics (Audience Award winner).
- Clipnotes – Converts short video clips into structured insights.
- Hafnia Video Event Analyzer – Advanced multimedia intelligence with semantic metadata and event detection.
“The hackathon success shows the potential of our platform and curated, anonymized data to train next-gen computer vision models,” said Roland Harwood, Hafnia Community Lead.
A Glimpse Into AI’s Future
From GoDaddy’s conversational Airo.ai to Milestone’s VLM-powered smart city solutions, the events underscore a key trend: AI is rapidly moving from assistant to autonomous action, transforming small business operations, urban infrastructure, and everyday workflows. The combined impact of agentic AI, generative models, and open platforms suggests a future where automation, insight, and creativity converge across industries.
Power Tomorrow’s Intelligence — Build It with TechEdgeAI
