Competition amongst next-generation metal detector companies is heated as 2 publicly traded companies, Evolv and Patriot One, have been evaluated...
By Donald Maye - over 2 years ago
While Evolv's CEO declared Evolv is "a weapons detector, not a metal detector", IPVM has determined that Evolv is a metal detector, though smarter...
By Nikita Ermolaev, John Honovich, and Donald Maye - over 2 years ago
Millimeter wave body scanners have become common in the US and some European countries, replacing conventional metal detectors and X-ray security...
By Nikita Ermolaev - over 2 years ago
Evolv detects certain Chromebooks as weapons, one of a series of weaknesses that the publicly traded company has advocated IPVM not to report...
By Nikita Ermolaev and Donald Maye - over 2 years ago
For decades, walk-through metal detectors have been used, with mixed results, for security screening. Now, a new generation of devices aims to fix...
By Nikita Ermolaev - over 2 years ago
Evolv has strenuously objected to IPVM reporting on weaknesses of the company's weapon detection systems. Evolv contends that its private...
By John Honovich and Donald Maye - almost 3 years ago
Evolv is one of the newest physical security unicorns, raising nearly $500 million earlier this year, and now rapidly expanding its sales...
By Isabella Cheng and John Honovich - about 3 years ago
Having gone public earlier this year, raising nearly a half billion, Evolv released its first public financials, with Q2 2021 revenue up 590% year...
By IPVM - about 3 years ago
Amidst bad press, ShotSpotter commissioned Edgeworth Analytics to review Northwestern Law School’s MacArthur Justice Center (MJC) report that...
By Donald Maye - about 3 years ago
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By Zach Segal and Derek Ward - about 3 years ago
ZeroEyes has raised $21 million, with the company's CEO telling IPVM that they grew 50X in 2020, and are "hyper-focused" on weapon...
By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago
Is ShotSpotter, the widely used and widely criticized gunshot detection system, accurate or not? This has become a heated debate in Chicago with...
By Donald Maye - about 3 years ago
Athena Security has made mass cuts in employees and contractors, IPVM has confirmed from various sources with direct knowledge. Athena...
By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
This guide examines complex offerings of advanced object classification and behavior recognition algorithms. Inside we cover: Machine and...
By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago
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By John Honovich - over 3 years ago
Defendry presented its Active Shooter security system at the May 2020 IPVM Startups show. A 30-minute video from Defendry including IPVM...
By Brian Rhodes - about 4 years ago
ZeroEyes presented its Firearm detection Video Analytics system at the May 2020 IPVM Startups show. A 30-minute video from ZeroEyes...
By Brian Rhodes - about 4 years ago
Safe Zone presented its AI gunfire sensor the May 2020 IPVM Startups show. A 30-minute video from Safe Zone including IPVM...
By Brian Rhodes - over 4 years ago
Scylla, an AI analytics startup, says they are targeting 1 Billion dollar valuation in 5 years and it "is not rocket science" to detect weapons and...
By Sean Patton - about 5 years ago
A gun detection video analytics startup, ZeroEyes, is being led by a group of 6 former Navy SEALs, aiming to "save lives" by using AI to assist...
By Sean Patton - about 5 years ago
Gun detection analytic startups are increasing as the promise of AI and the threats of active shooters grow. One company, Actuate (formerly Aegis...
By Sean Patton - over 5 years ago
While gunfire detectors have been around for years, typically they are limited to enterprise level or municipal deployments. Startup AVidea, makers...
By Dan Gelinas - over 5 years ago
Sublethal is a South African company that manufactures a remotely-controlled, camera-enabled gun called the Boomslang, which is Afrikaans for tree...
By John Honovich - almost 6 years ago
The bodyscanner/weapons detection sector has seen several new products, some using advanced approaches like metamaterials (Evolv) or terahertz...
By Donald Maye - over 7 years ago
Evolv Technologies has just raised $18 million, bringing its total to $30M, for developing what the company says is the most advanced threat...
By IPVM Team - over 7 years ago
