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Fortune
John Kell

Taser maker Axon is mandating AI use to speed up work as its surveillance tools face scrutiny

(Credit: Courtesy of Axon)

When Rick Smith founded Taser International in an Arizona garage in 1993, his original vision involved taking a device that was originally created by a NASA scientist and redesigning it in a way that would make it palatable to law enforcement agencies.

More than three decades later, Smith’s company—now called Axon Enterprise—has sold more than one million Taser devices and diversified its portfolio to include body cameras, drones, and license plate reader cameras to law enforcement, emergency responders, and private-sector security customers.

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