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Brivo Put the Office Key in the Cloud - Then Spent 25 Years Teaching Security People to Trust It
Brivo started with a parcel box, pivoted to doors, and made a subscription business out of the least glamorous hardware in a building. Its latest act combines access control and AI video under one roof - with a playbook worth stealing and a few catches worth reading first.
Athena Security Inc.
Athena Security is an Austin-based physical-security company that builds AI-powered concealed weapons detection and visitor management systems for schools, hospitals, casinos, businesses and public venues. Founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneurs Lisa Falzone and Chris Ciabarra (the pair behind iPad point-of-sale pioneer Revel Systems), Athena combines walk-through metal detection, thermal imaging, lidar, cameras and machine learning to screen roughly one person per second - up to 3,600 people an hour - without asking anyone to empty their pockets or bags. Its flagship Apollo 500 system uses colored light boxes to show operators exactly where a suspected weapon is on the body, and its screening-compliance software helps organizations meet a growing patchwork of state security laws.