Aegis AI

Aegis AI automatically detects firearms in your existing security camera feeds, providing early warning and dramatically improving law enforcement response. I grew up in South Africa, which has one of the highest rates of gun violence in the world. As a child, I constantly heard stories of family friends being impacted by armed robberies and even h... ome intrusions. This upbringing gave me a lifelong passion for tackling the gun violence epidemic. After the tragedies of the last few years here in the US, I decided to use my Marine Corps connections to interview police, educators, and other veterans to see how I could help. These conversations led to the idea that eventually became Aegis AI. We employ computer vision to automatically identify threats in existing security camera systems, dramatically cutting the time it takes for law enforcement to respond to gun violence. Our team of data scientists and engineers have led AI research and engineering projects at some of the leading institutions in the world, such as Microsoft, University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, and MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. Equally importantly, we are all relentlessly committed to the mission of gun violence reduction in the communities that we love.Read More