SCOUT· 46%55m·2026-11-10·TechnologyFreedom vs. Safety: Axon CEO Rick Smith on the Future of Policing
(0:00) Axon CEO Rick Smith joins David Friedberg (2:39) History of TASER/Axon: brink of bankruptcy to IPO (9:05) Going public during the dot-com crash, selling to police, battling shorts and an SEC investigation, pivoting to software (20:47) Creating the police body cam, surveillance state concerns around Flock…
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