The company said the funds will be used to fuel continued growth with investments in R&D, channel partnership programs and business operations expansion.
ZeroEyes is based in Whitemarsh Township, and holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation. In January, the company announced that it had been issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its method of identifying brandished guns and dispatching alerts to first responders — as fast as 3 to 5 seconds from the moment the gun is detected.
"These funds will allow us to continue scaling to meet surging demand as schools, houses of worship, businesses, communities and even the Federal government seek viable, affordable and most importantly proactive solutions to address the gun-related violence problem in our country," Mike Lahiff, ZeroEyes CEO and co-founder, said in a statement.
Demand for the company's AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software continues to accelerate as schools consider their safety readiness. According to the company, statistics show there have been more than 200 reported school shootings in 2023 to date.
ZeroEyes was founded by a group of former Navy SEALs and technologists, and its technology is currently deployed "in thousands of buildings for hundreds of customers in 37 states," the company said. The company's growth has been driven by demand from the original K-12 market, as well as commercial sectors including retail, gaming and healthcare. In addition, new gains have resulted through growing contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense through ZE Government Solutions (ZEGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of ZeroEyes that delivers advanced dual use AI, proactive threat detection and situational awareness of complex threats for U.S. national security, according to the release.
ZeroEyes' AI gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software is layered onto existing digital security cameras. When an illegally brandished gun is identified, images are instantly shared with the in-house ZeroEyes Operations Center, which is staffed 24/7/365 by specially trained U.S. military and law enforcement veterans. If a threat is determined to be valid, alerts and actionable intelligence are sent — including visual description, gun type and last known location — to local staff and law enforcement in as fast as 3 to 5 seconds from detection, according to the release.
For more information, visit ZeroEyes.com.
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