After more than a decade of close collaboration, Brivo and Eagle Eye Networks have formalized their partnership with a full corporate merger, an outcome long anticipated by customers, partners, and industry observers watching the steady convergence of cloud-based access control and video intelligence.
Announced on December 29, the merger creates what the companies describe as the world’s largest AI-cloud-native physical security company, operating under the Brivo name and delivering a single, unified platform spanning access control, video surveillance, AI analytics, visitor management, and intrusion detection.
The move represents not a sudden consolidation, but the culmination of a carefully executed strategy rooted in shared ownership, common vision, and years of technical and operational integration.
“This is about delivering simplicity and power at the same time,” said Dean Drako, who will serve as CEO of the merged company. “Customers will have one support team, one business relationship, and one integrated cloud-native physical security solution. The Brivo Security Suite brings AI, access control, video intelligence, visitor management, and intrusion into a single solution, centralizing security across the enterprise.”
The roots of the merger trace back more than a decade, when cloud adoption in physical security was still nascent and often viewed with skepticism. Brivo, founded in 2002, was among the first companies to move access control to a true software-as-a-service model, challenging the industry’s reliance on on-premises systems. Eagle Eye Networks, founded in 2012, similarly set out to reinvent video surveillance by building a cloud-native video management system designed from the ground up for scalability, cybersecurity, and AI.
The strategic alignment between the two companies deepened after Drako acquired Brivo in 2015, creating common ownership while allowing both organizations to operate independently. Over the years that followed, the companies increasingly synchronized product roadmaps, engineering priorities, and go-to-market strategies, while maintaining separate brands and operations.
Under the new structure, Brivo will operate with U.S. headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, and Austin, Texas, and additional offices in Lehi, Utah; Amsterdam; Bangalore; and Tokyo. The company will serve millions of customers worldwide across commercial, multifamily, and enterprise markets.
