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Flock Safety

U.S. venture-backed law-enforcement technology vendor (not a news outlet)

Owned byPrivately held company. It was founded in 2017 by Garrett Langley, who is CEO, along with co-founders. Major shareholders include venture investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners and Greenoaks Capital.
FundingVenture capital and customer revenue. It has raised more than $1 billion in total. A $275 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz in September 2025 valued it at $7.5 billion. Reports from April 2026 put its valuation at about $8.3–8.4 billion. Revenue comes mainly from subscriptions paid by police agencies, cities, businesses and homeowners' associations. Reported annual recurring revenue is about $500 million.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Flock Safety was founded in 2017 in Atlanta and began by selling solar-powered license plate readers to neighborhood associations and police. It later expanded into video, gunshot detection, drones and AI-based investigation tools, and its customer base grew to thousands of police departments. Venture funding rose to more than $1 billion in total. The September 2025 round valued it at about $7.5 billion, and an April 2026 report put the valuation near $8.4 billion. Its products produce a large, searchable network of vehicle location data that police agencies can share with each other. Civil liberties groups such as the ACLU and reporters at outlets like 404 Media have said local officers ran searches on behalf of ICE, and that immigration-related searches appeared in audit logs. Flock says it does not work with ICE, that federal sharing is off by default, and that customers control their own data. Several cities, including Austin, Cambridge and Eugene, have ended or paused contracts, and some states have passed laws limiting plate readers. A Savannah officer was fired in 2026 after giving a federal immigration agent her login. As a company, Flock does not publish news or take editorial positions, and its public stance toward the Trump administration is that of a government contractor focused on local police. The description of how it relates to the administration is drawn from third-party reporting, not from the company's own statements.

Sources

  1. Flock Safety revenue, valuation & funding (Sacra)
  2. Flock Safety hits $8.4B valuation as AI-powered police tech sparks nationwide protests (Tech Startups)
  3. Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers (Stateline)
  4. Dayton is covering Flock cameras with trash bags after officials found data use violated policy (Fortune)
  5. Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras (TechCrunch)

Profile compiled 2026-10-20; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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