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Building a Crime-Fighting Robot Automation Company from Concept to IPO with William Santana Li, CEO of Knightscope (a fireside chat)
Event Website & full details:bit.ly/t25chat
The Rise of Robocop
"We're developing technology in the long run to be able to predict & prevent crime.Crime has one trillion dollar negative economic impact on the United States every year.And our long-term ambition is to literally be able to make the United States the safest country in the world, changing everything for everyone." -- William Santana Li (Chairman & CEO, Knightscope)
Knightscope is developing one of the most important technologies to come out of Silicon Valley that seeks to empower the public & private sectors to proactively build stronger, safer communities, ultimately saving money & lives. Knightscope designs, builds & deploysAutonomous Data Machines (ADMs) to monitor crimes in malls, corporate campuses, parking lots, airports & neighborhoods.
Theirautonomousrobots are deployed across the United States & are implemented in concert with both private & municipal security firms & professionalsusing a MaaS (Machine as a Service) business model that relies on a simple but powerful formula: Software + Hardware + Human Capability.
Since launching Knightscope in 2013, William Santana Li (Chairman & CEO) & his teamhave raised $40 million through several financing rounds from major corporations including an oversubscribed $25M Reg A+ Mini-IPO, a bunch of family offices, & some private investors. Just as impressive as their unique funding & business model is the fact that Knightscope's entire manufacturing process is done 100% in the United States at their headquarters in Silicon Valley -- the industrial design, software engineering, tech stack, UX, client-facing dashboards, monitoring tools, modifications, etc.-- an impressive accomplishment by any measure.
Make no mistake. It wasn't easy -- but true innovation rarely is!
JOIN USfor an evening of cocktails & conversation with Knightscope Chairman & CEO, William Santana Li. Charlie Oliver, CEO of Tech 2025, & Bill will discusshis career & how he launched & grew an innovative, successful AI company & business model in five years.
The discussion will also delve into how Knightscope secured funding, Bill's vision for the future of crime prevention & law enforcement, & how we as a society are redefining security with AI technologies & the challenges ahead (ethics, data collection & privacy, human-robot interaction, etc.). Charlie will then lead an interactive audience Q&A.
Afterwards, attendees will have a "meet & greet" with Knightscope robots at Knightscope's New York showroom (next to the event venue).
About WilliamSantana Li
William Santana Li, Chairman & CEO, Knightscope[/caption] Bill is an American entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience & has a broad & deep range of expertise gained from several global assignments in the automotive sector & a number of startups. He is presently the Chairman & CEO of Knightscope, a developer of Autonomous Data Machines.
At Ford Motor Company, Bill held over 12 business & technical positions, focused on 4 continents, cutting across each functional area. These positions ranged from component, systems, & vehicle engineering with Visteon, Mazda, & Lincoln; to business & product strategy on the US youth market, India, & the emerging markets in Asia-Pacific & South America; as well as the financial turnaround of Ford of Europe. In addition, he was on the AMAZON team, which established an all-new modular plant in Brazil. Subsequently, he served as Director of Mergers & Acquisitions.
After internally securing $250 million, Bill founded & was COO of GreenLeaf, a Ford subsidiary that became the world's 2nd largest automotive recycler. Under his leadership, GreenLeaf grew to a 600-employee operation with 20 locations & $150 million in sales. At the age of 28, Bill was the youngest senior executive at Ford worldwide.
Bill was then recruited by SOFTBANK Venture Capital to establish Model E Corporation as its President & CEO, a new car company where the "Subscribe & Drive" philosophy was first pioneered in California. He subsequently co-founded Build-To-Order (BTO) as its President & CEO, a new car company based on the direct distribution of build-to-order products. Bill also founded Carbon Motors, & as its Chairman & CEO, focused it on developing the world's first purpose-built law enforcement patrol vehicle. He also built a world-class advisory board comprised of senior officials that had worked directly for 3 different U.S. Presidents.
Bill earned a BSEE from Carnegie Mellon University & an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy.
Event Agenda:
6:00PM - 6:15PM: Sign in, networking,light bites andbeverages
6:15PM - 7:15PM: Fireside chat with Bill & Charlie
7:15PM - 7:30PM: Audience Q&A
7:30PM - 8:00PM:Robot Meet & Greet
Only confirmed, registered attendees will be admitted. Agenda is subject to change.
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