Cobalt Robotics Is "Hitting The Gas" (2022 Profile)
While Knightscope has easily gotten 10x more press than the Sequoia-backed Cobalt Robotics, Cobalt says it has far more units deployed than...
By Nikita Ermolaev - about 2 years ago
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AI VSaaS Launches with $10 Million VC Funding (Dragonfruit AI)
Silicon Valley video surveillance startup Dragonfruit AI, founded by ex-Yahoo and Intel leaders, has launched an AI VSaaS with $10 million in...
By Sean Patton - over 2 years ago
Verkada USA Expansion Into Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa
Verkada is expanding its large inside sales team, building out offices in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa, in addition to initial San Mateo...
By Louis Cid and John Honovich - over 2 years ago
Ava Grew 300%, Expects To Triple This Year
Verkada's sales team has popularized the concept of being the "fastest growing" company in the industry. Now, Ava has beaten Verkada on this...
By John Honovich - over 2 years ago
RemoteLock Raises $17.8 Million, Aims To Be Standard For Universal Access Control
Contrary to platforms like Latch and Verkada that require using their own proprietary hardware, RemoteLock focuses on customers using and...
By Louis Cid and Brian Rhodes - over 2 years ago
Knightscope Goes Public, Plunges, Then Rockets, Then Falls
On its first day of NASDAQ trading, Knightscope's stock plunged 40%, but on the second day, it rocketed up and in weekend after-hours trading the...
By John Honovich - over 2 years ago
Sunflower Labs Raises $15 Million, Pivots to Commercial/Industrial
Hit by the Pandemic, Sunflower Labs was on the verge of going out of business, however, the company pivoted from its original residential focus to...
By Sean Patton - over 2 years ago
Motorola Takes On Flock With L6Q Launch
Incumbent Motorola is aiming to take on Flock, who raised $150 million in VC funding months ago, in the fast-growing quick-deploy LPR segment with...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - over 2 years ago
Liberty Defense Weapons Detection Profile
Liberty Defense is a weapon screening company that uses millimeter-wave radars instead of magnetic fields that competitors such as Patriot One and...
By Nikita Ermolaev - over 2 years ago
Sentry Enterprises Raises $13 Million, Invests In XCore
Sentry Enterprises, best known for its embedded fingerprint access cards, is using $13 million to form a strategic partnership with one of its key...
By Brian Rhodes - over 2 years ago
Ambient AI Raises $52 Million, Launches Threat Data Analysis Center
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By John Honovich - over 2 years ago
Bosch's Azena (Formerly SAST) App Store Examined
In 2018, Bosch launched a new company and spent tens of millions of dollars to build an IP camera app platform. Now, after three years and two name...
By Sean Patton - over 2 years ago
"I am a librarian," End User Objects to Verkada's Unsolicited Sales Contacts
Verkada contacted dozens of employees of the Dallas Independent School District, including nearly 4,000 emails sent and multiple cold calls to many...
By IPVM Team - over 2 years ago
AI Employee Safety Firm Intenseye Raises $25 Million
New York-/Istanbul-based Intenseye has raised $25 million to improve manufacturers' environmental, health and safety (EHS) protocols using computer...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 2 years ago
Knightscope Going Public, Boasts "Main Street First, Wall Street Second"
Knightscope's CEO proudly declares that they are putting "MAIN STREET FIRST, WALL STREET SECOND", as the company intends to go public on the Nasdaq...
By John Honovich - over 2 years ago
The Greatest Physical Security Fund Raising Year Ever (2021)
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By John Honovich - over 2 years ago
Dedrone Raises $30+ Million Led By Axon
Dedrone has announced a $30.5 million Series C funding round led by body camera provider Axon. Dedrone tells IPVM they recently switched to a SaaS...
By Ethan Ace - over 2 years ago
Softbank-Backed Brazilian Startup Gabriel Raises $12+ Million
Gabriel, the Brazilian startup backed by Softbank, recently raised $12 million USD to install its video surveillance "protection network" in Rio de...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 2 years ago
ButterflyMX Raises $50 Million Expanding Access Control
ButterflyMX is moving into access control with a fresh $50 million round, after raising $35 million last year. Best known for SaaS-based video...
By Brian Rhodes - over 2 years ago
Turing Raises $80 Million From PRC China Investors
Turing Video / AI, the robot turned fever tablet turned VSaaS turned Uniview / Sunell relabeller, has raised $80 million from PRC China investors,...
By John Honovich - over 2 years ago
Directory Of 100+ Video Surveillance Facial Recognition Sellers
This directory provides a list of facial recognition providers to help readers consider options and make sound purchasing decisions based on their...
By IPVM Team - over 2 years ago
HiveWatch Next-Gen PSIM Raises $20 Million Led By Ex-Twitter Execs
PSIM failed a decade ago but with the cloud and SaaS becoming mainstream, can LA-based startup HiveWatch benefit from these trends in the...
By Robert Wren Gordon and John Honovich - over 2 years ago
Access Tailgating: Biggest Security Vulnerability
What is the 'biggest' access control security vulnerability? One security consultant argues that, for most installations, it is tailgating. In...
By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago
Turing Video Radically Expands, Now End-to-End AI / VSaaS Provider
When Turing Video started a few years ago, it was a niche robot provider, now it has radically expanded in both size and offerings, with fever...
By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago
Verkada: "Unethical Practices By Chinese Surveillance Companies Is Ubiquitous"
Who is more unethical? A company that makes ongoing false claims and sexually harasses its own employees or its PRC competitors? Verkada alleges it...
By John Honovich - almost 3 years ago
