MerlinAI NOMADTM -as-a-Service
No Metadata? No problem. NOMAD™ knows.
The Problem: Searching a DAM for assets with little or no descriptive metadata is nearly impossible.
The Solution: Meet NOMAD™: a purely visual AI search technology which understands natural language and concepts. NOMAD™ (NO MetAData) is exclusive to MerlinOne, and is the result of four years of in-house advanced AI effort. This is Visual Search, reimagined.
NOMAD™-as-a-Service: MerlinOne is now offering NOMAD™-as-a-Service to use with any DAM.


Completely independent of textual metadata.
Imagine being able to search a collection of a million images with little or no metadata and get exactly what you want–the first time. NOMAD’s transformative search technology delivers superior results based directly on the visual content of an image. NOMADTM has been trained against high-quality image content contained in millions of photos, illustrations, and documents to deliver consistent and accurate results every time. Now you can describe a scene visually and NOMADTM not only recognizes the objects, actions and even emotions you specify, but also understands your description and delivers precise results.
You describe it, NOMADTM finds it.
Search for: “Alternative Energy”


Bridges discrepancies between search terms and metadata.
NOMAD’s AI technology also understands language. Just like it knows to group visually similar images, it also clusters phrases of similar meaning so you no longer need to use exactly the right words in your query to get great results. Not only does NOMADTM find schooners, ketches, and yawls when you search for “sailboats”, but it understands concepts. A search for “alternative energy” returns wind turbines and solar panel arrays, and searching for “gloomy days” finds images of stormy weather and people with umbrellas. Simple as that. NOMADTM delivers what you’re looking for, regardless of whether your search terminology matches the metadata.
Search for: “Alternative Energy”


Reduces the need to manually add metadata.
With NOMADTM AI-Powered search, images with little or even no metadata are discoverable. By employing language pattern matches and clusters of visually similar images, NOMADTM reduces the dependency on a controlled vocabulary to effectively search images in your DAM. That means fewer hours spent developing a meticulously curated taxonomy and manually applying that metadata to get relevant search results. Now you can search with confidence knowing that if it’s there, NOMADTM will find it.
Search for: “Alternative Energy”
NOMAD knows. Simple as that.
NOMAD™ for Images
Faster ROI: The success of your DAM is no longer tied directly to the quality and completeness of your metadata. You can start finding what you need as soon as the images are in the system.
No Training: You no longer need to have expertise in specialized search techniques or be able to compile complex search queries using exact or specific words to find digital asset management photos.
Doubled Productivity: Combined with other MerlinAI tools such as IMPACT and Visual Similarity, NOMADTM provides even more powerful search capabilities that you can put to work in your AI-powered toolbox.
Search for: “Sunny Day”
Meet NOMAD™ for Video
Added Value: A With NOMAD™ for Video, all your video assets are now immediately discoverable. Our purely visual search technology returns accurate results independent of any metadata.
Time Savings: Spend less time scrubbing through an entire video file for a short clip. With NOMAD™ for Video, you’ll find it in seconds not hours.
Exclusively from MerlinOne: Available nowhere else, NOMAD™ for Video was researched, developed, and deployed in-house. We are committed to providing you with the best, most complete digital asset management software available.