| ▲ | WarmWash an hour ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blantantly making stuff up is a bad look, they were founded as an HOA (private neighborhood) security service. >Flock’s camera and accompanying software is geared towards private neighborhoods and neighborhood associations looking to decrease petty crime.[1] [1]https://www.hypepotamus.com/flock-safety-funding-round-growt... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | orangeberrytea 35 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You’re not being honest. You don’t mention that they were reading license plates with cameras from Day 1 already tracking people - that was the technology and still is | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | thejazzman an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
YC won’t invest unless you convince them you’re potentially $100B company. The scope is always the largest possible audience… | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | dkarl an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Same thing on a smaller scale, and they never would have got venture capital funding if they didn't have an upward trajectory from HOAs. There's only one path upward from private HOA surveillance, and that's government surveillance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | tekla 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doesn't seem to be what their YC Pitch was https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/flock-safety > From the moment we started Flock Safety, we had an incredibly clear, boldly audacious mission ... We provide a life-or-death product, a mission-critical system for cities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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