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'''[[wikipedia:Flock_Safety|Flock Safety]]''' is a technology company that creates and operates an extensive surveillance network using automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and related technologies.<ref>{{cite video |title=Highlights from Denver's Flock camera town hall – Mayor didn't show up |creator=Louis Rossmann |date=2025-10-23 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dkIiLWuXBE |accessdate=2025-10-30}}</ref> Flock was founded in 2017 by Georgia Tech alumni Garrett Langley (CEO), Matt Feury (CTO), and Paige Todd (CPO), beginning as a side project where they built their first surveillance cameras by hand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edmonson |first=Crystal |date=2023-08-22 |title=Flock Safety cameras help police amid worker shortage, CEO Garrett Langley says |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2023/08/22/flock-safety-cameras-police-shortage-langley.html |website=Atlanta Business Chronicle}}</ref> The company operates on a "surveillance as a service" business model, owning and maintaining camera infrastructure while charging recurring fees to law enforcement agencies, private communities, and businesses for access to its surveillance data and network.<ref name="FlockFunding">{{Cite web |date=13 Mar 2025 |title=Accelerating Innovation: Flock Secures $275 Million to Advance Crime-Solving Technology |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/flock-safety-secures-major-funding |access-date=26 Sep 2025 |website=[[Flock Safety]]}}</ref> | '''[[wikipedia:Flock_Safety|Flock Safety]]''' is a technology company that creates and operates an extensive surveillance network using automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and related technologies.<ref>{{cite video |title=Highlights from Denver's Flock camera town hall – Mayor didn't show up |creator=Louis Rossmann |date=2025-10-23 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dkIiLWuXBE |accessdate=2025-10-30}}</ref> Flock was founded in 2017 by Georgia Tech alumni Garrett Langley (CEO), Matt Feury (CTO), and Paige Todd (CPO), beginning as a side project where they built their first surveillance cameras by hand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edmonson |first=Crystal |date=2023-08-22 |title=Flock Safety cameras help police amid worker shortage, CEO Garrett Langley says |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2023/08/22/flock-safety-cameras-police-shortage-langley.html |website=Atlanta Business Chronicle}}</ref> The company operates on a "surveillance as a service" business model, owning and maintaining camera infrastructure while charging recurring fees to law enforcement agencies, private communities, and businesses for access to its surveillance data and network.<ref name="FlockFunding">{{Cite web |date=13 Mar 2025 |title=Accelerating Innovation: Flock Secures $275 Million to Advance Crime-Solving Technology |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/flock-safety-secures-major-funding |access-date=26 Sep 2025 |website=[[Flock Safety]]}}</ref> | ||
As of mid-2025, independent reporting and public records indicate the Flock network comprised more than '''80,000''' AI-enabled cameras | As of mid-2025, independent reporting and public records indicate the Flock network comprised more than '''80,000''' AI-enabled cameras nationwide.<ref name="Koebler2025">{{cite web |last=Koebler |first=Jason |date=2025-08-25 |title=CBP Had Access to More than 80,000 Flock AI Cameras Nationwide |url=https://www.404media.co/cbp-had-access-to-more-than-80-000-flock-ai-cameras-nationwide/ |access-date=2025-10-29}}</ref> Flock’s materials state deployments in roughly 5,000 communities and the company reports the system processes "over '''20 billion'''" vehicle scans per month; these latter two figures are company-provided and should be read as Flock’s claims rather than independently verified totals.<ref>{{cite web |date=2025-05-28 |title=City Leaders Choose Flock Safety: A Proven, Community-Focused Public Safety Solution |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/city-leaders-choose-flock-safety-a-proven-community-focused-public-safety-solution |website=Flock Safety |accessdate=2025-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Real-Time Vehicle Leads, Nationwide |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/products/national-lpr-network |website=Flock Safety |accessdate=2025-10-29}}</ref> | ||
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The company reported surpassing roughly $300 million in annual recurring revenue, and in March 2025 closed a $275 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz that independent reporting estimated valued the company at about $7.5 billion.<ref name="FlockFunding" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Hu |first=Crystal |date=2025-03-13 |title=US startup Flock Safety raises $275 million to fund manufacturing plant, R&D |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-startup-flock-safety-raises-275-million-fund-manufacturing-plant-rd-2025-03-13/ |website=Reuters |accessdate=2025-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Accelerating Innovation: Flock Secures $275 Million to Advance Crime-Solving Technology |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/flock-safety-secures-major-funding |website=Flock Safety |date=2025-03-13 |accessdate=2025-10-29}}</ref> | The company reported surpassing roughly $300 million in annual recurring revenue, and in March 2025 closed a $275 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz that independent reporting estimated valued the company at about $7.5 billion.<ref name="FlockFunding" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Hu |first=Crystal |date=2025-03-13 |title=US startup Flock Safety raises $275 million to fund manufacturing plant, R&D |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-startup-flock-safety-raises-275-million-fund-manufacturing-plant-rd-2025-03-13/ |website=Reuters |accessdate=2025-10-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Accelerating Innovation: Flock Secures $275 Million to Advance Crime-Solving Technology |url=https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/flock-safety-secures-major-funding |website=Flock Safety |date=2025-03-13 |accessdate=2025-10-29}}</ref> | ||