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One of the most successful founders in technology is pouring millions of dollars of his own capital into a weapons detection startup. But, why?

What’s happening:

  • Brett Adcock is putting in $10M USD into his weapon detection startup Cover

Why it matters:‍

  • Cover is building leading edge weapons detection technology to be able to detect concealed weapons in public spaces and is initially focused on preventing school shootings in the United States of America

Going deeper:‍

  • Cover leverages terahertz wave emitters and receivers operating at high frequencies to be able to scan individuals from up to 15 feet away and generates point cloud images that are then analyzed by artificial intelligence to determine if there is are weapons being concealed
  • The technology being used by Cover was originally developed by NASA for space exploration and is exclusively licensed to Cover by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Weapon detection technology continues to be an emerging theme in both the private and public markets, with Liberty Defense (TSXV: SCAN) just recently landing another contract with a major American airport to deploy their HEXWAVE hardware for scanning airport employees for weapons, gels and explosives

The intrigue:‍

  • Brett Adcock is also the founder of electric air taxi company Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) and humanoid robotics startup Figure

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