Iterate.ai

AI powered weapon and threat awareness is here and already being used to stop shootings and intruders. Now this company is taking this technology into schools to prevent yet another mass school shooting.

There have been 119 school shootings since 2018 and 27 school shootings in 2022 so far this year. A practical and effective solution to prevent more school shootings is with AI threat awareness technology.

Iterate.ai has developed a threat detection system that leverages AI-based image recognition to identify guns and knives to prevent shootings and threats to schools and other businesses. Their technology can detect weapons by analyzing 100s of video streams constantly with almost instant reaction times (<30ms). An add-on technology uses extra tiny hardware sensors and radar to even detect knives and guns hidden in bags and underneath clothing. Currently, it can detect a human walking 45 feet away with a field of view of about 120 degrees.

Once a threat is detected with Iterate.ai’s system, it can follow rules set up by school administrators. It can automatically notify security guards and activate other school alert systems. The technology does not detect faces, rather weapons. This means that privacy is respected while also keeping people safe and preventing shootings. Iterate.ai’s threat awareness technology is also affordable, so that more schools can be protected across the United States.

A recent New York Times article estimates that US schools spent $3.1 Billion in 2021 to try and prevent more school shootings, but many schools have no current solution due to lack of funds. “The costs for Iterate’s AI solution costs as little as $1,000 a year to power 16 cameras, which is easily workable into any school budget,” says Brian Sathianathan, co-founder and CTO of Iterate.ai, formerly six years with Apple’s New Product Introductions division, having worked on Apple’s first iPhone. “The AI can work with existing cameras that are already owned and installed by the school,” adds Jon Nordmark, CEO of Iterate.ai, “and we can also monitor hundreds of cameras at a time, if needed.”

Then system is very flexible and if a school needs extra cameras , Iterate.ai can also add them for roughly $75 each.” A private elementary and middle school in Colorado, just minutes away from the historic Columbine shooting, has already implemented Iterate.ai’s technology to protect their students.

As a society, we need to act to protect each other from mass shootings. AI technology is a viable solution that can help prevent and stop school shootings from taking place.“Enough is enough,” said Matt Frary who is the parent of a middle school student in Colorado and the founder of DigitalGood. “Maybe a catastrophy could have been proactively prevented if a camera identified the shooter as he approached the back door at Uvalde. It’s time to use the latest technologies to identify threats before they happen. A value can’t be place on saving just one life.”