Tag: Michael Martin
RapidSOS, Denise Amber Lee Foundation seek to raise emergency call standards
June 29, 2026SSN Staff
NEW YORK – RapidSOS and the Denise Amber Lee Foundation have partnered to raise the industry standard for emergency call quality assurance (QA) to 100% nationwide.
For decades, public safety agencies have struggled to achieve the benchmark of 1% to 3% for manual call review.
Together, RapidSOS and the Foundation are calling for a new gold standard: every single call reviewed, every dispatcher supported, and every agency equipped with the tools...
RapidSOS, Jeremy Renner partner to boost ‘mission-critical’ tools
May 6, 2026Theresa Flaherty, Contributing Writer
NEW YORK – After 10 years and nearly $500 million in R&D investment, RapidSOS is preparing to scale its emergency response technology and has tapped actor Jeremy Renner to help, says CEO Michael Martin.
The company recently kicked off the campaign with a screening of “Behind the Emergency,” a short documentary featuring Renner, who famously survived a near-fatal snowplow accident in January 2023. The documentary begins with that story and explores...
Actor Jeremy Renner joins RapidSOS as partner and investor
April 16, 2026SSN Staff
NEW YORK—Actor and public safety advocate Jeremy Renner announced that he has partnered with public safety artificial intelligence (AI) safety company RapidSOS to support the company's work with emergency response systems and first responders.
Renner, who survived a near-fatal snowcat accident in Washoe County, Nev., on Jan. 1, 2023, developed a deep personal commitment to the first responders who protect communities like his own. That commitment is part of what drew him to...
RapidSOS secures $100 million as it crosses one billion emergencies supported
November 26, 2025SSN Staff
NEW YORK — RapidSOS, the public safety AI company, has raised a $100 million financing round led by the Apax Digital Funds, bringing its total capital raised to over $450 million.
This comes as RapidSOS surpasses one billion emergencies supported—powered by over 600 million connected devices and sensors and openly integrated with every major public safety software system (5,800+ integrations).
“None of this would have been possible without the 10 year+ partnership between...
Updates coming to RapidSOS UNITE in early 2025
December 11, 2024SSN Staff
NEW YORK — RapidSOS has said that RapidSOS UNITE will bring enhancements in early 2025 to simplify workflows for 911 telecommunicators by further unifying emergency intelligence with RapidSOS HARMONY for one AI-powered, end-to-end platform.
RapidSOS cited a growing 911 staffing shortage as the impetus to improving the functionality of its platform.
“911 does incredible, heroic work every day despite increased call volumes, less staff, and disparate systems,” said Michael Martin,...
RapidSOS’s answer to monitoring in digital age: ‘Intelligent safety’
May 22, 2024Ken Showers
NEW YORK — RapidSOS has spent the last few years trying to enhance operator experience in monitoring centers by improving delivery of critical data and staffing shortages. The company’s answer: Unite and Harmony.
During its 2024 Innovation Day, the company revealed RapidSOS Unite, the latest evolution of its intelligent safety response platform; and RapidSOS Harmony, an AI co-pilot system for 911 operators and first responders.
“Intelligent safety is all about...
Eagle Eye 911 Camera Sharing offers 'eyes on scene’ to first responders
April 3, 2024Ken Showers
AUSTIN, Texas—Eagle Eye Networks has launched Eagle Eye 911 Camera Sharing, a technology that gives Emergency Communication Centers instant access to security cameras during an emergency and delivers critical incident information to first responders, through a partnership with RapidSOS.
RapidSOS is an intelligent safety platform that directly and securely links life-saving data from more than 540 million connected devices, apps and sensors to more than 16,000 911 and field responder...
AITX makes SAFE investment in developer Circadian Risk
January 13, 2023SSN Staff
DETROIT – Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc. (AITX) a global source of AI-driven security and productivity solutions and its subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. (RAD) has announced its investment in Circadian Risk, Inc.
Circadian Risk is a developer of risk assessment SaaS that enables security professionals to proactively reduce potential risks to individuals and assets. Their vulnerability assessment tools provide detailed analysis and options for corrective...
RAD unveils ‘RAD Light My Way’ facility and campus safety application
March 11, 2022SSN Staff
DETROIT—Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc. (AITX) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. (RAD) has formally released RAD Light My Way, a facility and campus safety solution where users can control the lighting and security conditions of their environment.
“With RAD Light My Way, consumers whether they’re employees in a corporate office building, or students on a college campus can take control of their immediate safety...
Honeywell makes strategic investment in RapidSOS
January 27, 2022SSN Staff
ATLANTA and NEW YORK—Honeywell, a global manufacturer of security and automation solutions for residential and commercial applications, has announced a strategic investment in RapidSOS that will further modernize and digitize the public safety communications process. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
RapidSOS is the emergency response data platform used by more than 5,200 emergency communications centers (ECCs) worldwide.
The existing communications infrastructure between...