BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 16, 2025--
Brivo, the global leader in cloud-native unified physical security, today announced the early availability of its Brivo Genius Mobile Agent, a conversational AI interface for the Brivo Access Mobile App. Brivo is the first physical security technology provider to provide users with the ability to execute critical security actions — from emergency site-wide lockdowns to routine business settings — instantly via simple voice or text commands.
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“Natural language interfaces are fast becoming the user experience of choice, and this expansion of our customer-focused AI capabilities highlights how physical security is evolving from a cost center to a strategic business enabler,” said Steve Van Till, Chief Executive Officer at Brivo. “Brivo continues to develop customer-focused AI capabilities that allow administrators to manage their entire operation and, most importantly, dramatically improve safety outcomes with the speed and simplicity of their voice.”
The new AI-powered natural language navigation, part of the AI-powered support assistant Brivo Genius, is integrated directly into the Brivo Access Mobile App. This simple voice-activated interface is critical in an emergency, where duress can compromise an administrator's ability to recall a password, let alone a seldom-used feature like Lockdown. Brivo Mobile Agent executes voice-based commands immediately, saving critical time in the event of emergencies.
Used in tandem with AI-powered video security features like Eagle Eye Gun Detection, which proactively detects potential firearms from within the Brivo Security Suite, the Brivo Genius Mobile Agent becomes even more impactful. Administrators can use simple Brivo Genius voice commands — such as "Activate Full Lockdown" — to execute emergency access control protocols, enabling immediate threat response.
This new feature allows administrators to manage their facilities and business operations with unparalleled efficiency and control:
"Brivo Genius and the natural language lockdown is revolutionizing access control with a nearly frictionless experience that sets a new standard for site management,” said Chris Gilbert, Founder and President of Security Pros. “It's exactly the kind of innovation we've come to expect from our Brivo partnership — delivering smarter security and a better client experience."
Interested organizations can learn more about the Brivo Genius conversational AI and inquire about access to the platform by contacting the Brivo sales team.
About Brivo
Brivo, Inc. is the leading global provider of unified, cloud-based physical security. Its integrated platform, Brivo Security Suite, brings together access control, video intelligence, visitor management, and intrusion into a single view, centralizing security across 10 or 10,000 locations. Since pioneering cloud-based access control more than 20 years ago, Brivo is trusted by over 20 million users across 80 countries to protect people, property, and data. Learn more at www.brivo.com.
Brivo Genius Mobile Agent: Voice-Activated Agentic Mobile Emergency Lockdown for Access Control
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union envoys worked on Tuesday to narrow gaps on a plan to use billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets as collateral for a massive loan to cover Ukraine's economic and military needs over the next two years, ahead of a crunch summit of EU leaders later this week.
Almost four years into Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, the leaders have committed to funding Kyiv’s needs, which the International Monetary Fund puts at 135 billion euros ($157 billion). Ukraine is desperate to secure the money by early 2026.
“We do not have the luxury of time,” Sweden's EU Affairs Minister Jessica Rosencrantz told reporters in Brussels. “It is really time to move forward with a decision, and Sweden is willing to share the risk because the cost and risk of doing nothing is greater.”
Such a move has never been made before, and it comes with risks. The European Central Bank has warned that if Europeans appear willing to grab other countries’ money, it could undermine confidence in the euro currency. Some member nations are also concerned about inviting retaliation from Russia.
Belgium, where most of the assets are held, is the main opponent of the plan. It fears that Russia will strike back, either through the courts or in more nefarious ways.
European Council President António Costa, who will chair Thursday's summit, has insisted that the leaders should not leave EU headquarters in Brussels until they have reached a decision, even if it takes days.
EU leaders froze the money, most of it in Russian Central Bank assets, over the war that President Vladimir Putin launched in February 2022. Moscow has described the plan as “theft.”
Then last Friday, the EU placed an indefinite freeze on the assets — estimated to total around 210 billion euros ($247 billion) — to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine.
It also ensures that the assets can't be used by the United States or Russia in any Ukraine peace negotiations without European approval.
Two plans for using the money have emerged. The first would be a “reparations loan” that would use the Russian assets until Moscow agrees to pay for the damage inflicted on Ukraine. Few think Putin will ever agree to pay reparations.
Plan B would be for the EU to borrow the money on financial markets, much as the bloc did to fund a massive loan plan to revive European economies after the coronavirus pandemic. But many of Europe’s major economies are cash-strapped and mired in debt.
The assets make up a substantial pot of potentially ready-to-use cash. The vast majority — around 193 billion euros ($227 billion) at the end of September — are held in the Belgian financial clearinghouse known as Euroclear.
Plan A has distinct political advantages. Should the EU choose to use the assets, only “a qualified majority” of countries — around a two-thirds majority — would be required for a green light. Borrowing on financial markets would have to be endorsed by all, meaning that even a single no vote would sink the idea.
Over the last year, Hungary has blocked EU support for Ukraine at almost every turn. The government in Slovakia is starting to dig in its heels as well. Avoiding a veto is in the interest of the vast majority of member countries.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU would cover two-thirds of Ukraine’s needs for 2026 and 2027, for a total loan of 90 billion euros ($105 billion). International partners would fill the gap.
Due to EU sanctions on Russia’s assets, cash balances have accumulated at Euroclear. Under the new plan, some of the cash would be transferred to an EU debt instrument. Ukraine would owe the EU the money but would repay only after the bloc’s sanctions are lifted and after Russia agrees to pay war reparations.
The commission insists that there is no “theft,” as Russia has claimed, because the right of the Russian Central Bank to make a claim on its money and Euroclear’s duty to repay will remain intact.
Once Putin paid war reparations, Ukraine would repay the EU, the EU would repay Euroclear, and Euroclear would repay the Russian Central Bank, which in recent days sued the clearing house in an effort to recover its money, ramping up pressure ahead of the summit.
Importantly for Belgium, the plan contains safeguards to ensure that the risks would be shared by its partners. Other EU countries would offer to guarantee the loan if something went wrong. Germany has already signaled that it would do so, as Sweden did on Tuesday.
But the Belgian government has not been assuaged. Even before the commission’s reparations loan plan was made public, the government warned of “consequential economic, financial and legal risks,” and said it felt that EU partners were not listening to its concerns.
Euroclear has not ruled out legal action of its own, should the EU oblige it to transfer the Russian assets.
But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agrees that a reparations loan would be “a game-changer. Why? Because it is a security guarantee for Ukraine — a financial security guarantee.” Ukraine, he said, would be free to use the money on its economy, infrastructure or armed forces, depending on how the war goes.
Susie Blann in Kyiv contributed to this report.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Maryam Majd)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference regarding Ukraine's financing needs for 2026-2027 at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)
FILE - From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)
