What if the future of public safety isn’t better weapons—but fewer bullets?
Brian Sozzi sits down with Axon founder and CEO Rick Smith to discuss the 30-year mission to make bullets obsolete, how Tasers evolved into AI-powered public safety technology, and why the company’s next chapter could reshape policing, drones, and emergency response.
The conversation explores entrepreneurship, AI, policing, public safety, product innovation, and the long-term vision behind one of America’s most unconventional technology companies.
Timestamps
00:00 Why Axon was founded
00:46 The problem he wanted to solve
02:53 Building the first Taser
05:09 Early failures
07:19 Scaling the business
09:20 The turning point
10:03 Why the Taser keeps evolving
11:31 Solving the clothing problem
13:03 Making bullets obsolete
15:03 Drones and public safety
18:14 The future of policing
20:18 Why Axon won’t build killer drones
21:19 His legacy
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