Smart gun

Biofire Announces World's First Smart Gun® Secured by Fingerprint and Facial Recognition

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Biofire Technologies unveiled the Biofire Smart Gun®, a 9mm handgun that uses fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics to ensure only authorized users can fire it. Designed for home defense, the Biofire Smart Gun enables firearm owners to defend themselves against external threats while preventing unauthorized access and misuse. The shooting experience is seamless: authorized users can simply pick the gun up and fire it. The Biofire Smart Gun is the first and only biometric firearm on the market.

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  • BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Biofire Technologies unveiled the Biofire Smart Gun®, a 9mm handgun that uses fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics to ensure only authorized users can fire it.
  • "The Biofire Smart Gun shoots like any high-quality firearm, but it also feels like you're holding the future in your hand.
  • The Biofire Smart Gun and Smart Dock together are a closed system that protects personal information with defense-grade data security.
  • Since the infamous New Jersey smart gun mandate was repealed in 2019, Biofire has raised $30 million to develop the Biofire Smart Gun.

Founders Fund Leads Biofire's $14 Million Series A to Bring Smart Gun to Market

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Monday, November 7, 2022

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biofire today announced a $14M Series A, the first venture capital-led investment into a firearms technology company. Founders Fund led the round; 10X Capital, Gaingels, Will Manidis, and existing investors Draper Associates, Structure Capital, Service Provider Capital, and Gavin de Becker & Associates, joined the round.

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  • Biofire today announced a $14M Series A, the first venture capital-led investment into a firearms technology company.
  • The Biofire Smart Gun has the unique potential to prevent thousands of firearm accidents and suicides every year, especially among children and teens.
  • The Smart Gun instantly unlocks for users authorized by its owner, but remains secured from unauthorized use.
  • "I'm previously on record saying that Smart Gun technology is uninvestable that it would take 'multiple miracles' to bring this product to market," said investor Trae Stephens, Partner at Founders Fund.

Biofire Technologies Raises $17m for Smart Gun to Redefine the Future of Firearm Safety

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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

BROOMFIELD, Colo. , May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biofire Technologies today announced that it is emerging from three years in stealth mode, having raised $17 million in seed funding to bring its Smart Gun to market - the largest private investment in a firearm technology startup in history. Their biometrically-authenticated handgun instantly unlocks for users authorized by its owner, but remains locked for all others. Biofire's diverse group of backers includes early funders of Google, Airbnb, SpaceX, Tesla, Flatiron Health, and GitHub.

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  • Biofire is the first to build a handgun from the ground up with fully integrated, instantly unlocking, state-of-the-art biometrics.
  • It has the unique potential to prevent thousands of firearm accidents and suicides every year, especially among children and teens.
  • The Biofire Smart Gun will offer that new choice to consumers, powered by our radical approach to safety and reliability," said Biofire Founder and CEO Kai Kloepfer.
  • "When considering whether a Smart Gun is right for them, the first two things that gun owners are going to look at are safety and reliability.

SmartGunz, LLC Announces Pre-Sales Ordering Availability of 9mm Sentry® Pistol

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

BALDWIN CITY, Kan., July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Holland, president of SmartGunz, LLC, today announced pre-sales ordering availability of the company's 9mm smart gun Sentry pistol.

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  • BALDWIN CITY, Kan., July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tom Holland, president of SmartGunz, LLC, today announced pre-sales ordering availability of the company's 9mm smart gun Sentry pistol.
  • Product deliveries are anticipated to begin sometime during 4th quarter 2021.
  • The 9mm Sentry pistol is the company's flagship smart gun technology firearm for use in prisoner transfer / transport as well as civilian home defense applications.
  • This helps to ensure that each SmartGunz Sentry firearm fires each and every time when it is supposed to AND ONLY when it is supposed to!

Bipartisan Technological Solution to Address Gun Violence in America

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Friday, April 2, 2021

Of course, the single issue that defines America's gun debate more than any other is Second Amendment protection.

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  • Of course, the single issue that defines America's gun debate more than any other is Second Amendment protection.
  • When it comes to developing solutions togun violence, major gun manufacturers are united in their firm opposition to any policies that might significantly restrict firearm sales.
  • Hindered by these concerns, smart gun mandates have failed to take hold in the U.S. and gun manufacturers have been slow to embrace smart guntechnology.
  • As the U.S. continues to experience gun tragedy after gun tragedy, a comprehensive digital gun safety system such as this is absolutely essential.

Machine Inc. Reveals Breakthrough Smart Gun Technology

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Monday, February 15, 2021

Sold as an aftermarket trigger kit, this breakthrough allows existing firearms to be cost effectively and easily retrofitted with new smart gun technology.

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  • Sold as an aftermarket trigger kit, this breakthrough allows existing firearms to be cost effectively and easily retrofitted with new smart gun technology.
  • Machine Inc. didn't just stop with a trigger safety locking system.
  • This innovation comes at a time where new legislative proposals focused on gun safety are being unveiled.
  • House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) on February 10th unveiled a legislative package of five bills focused on gun safety.

Global Shotgun and Rifles Market (2020 to 2025) - Growth, Trends, and Forecasts - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, September 14, 2020

One such result of the penetration of the technological advancements in this industry is the smart gun technology.

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  • One such result of the penetration of the technological advancements in this industry is the smart gun technology.
  • Smart guns can only be operated by its legal owner and prevents the access by other people.
  • Also, in March 2020, Heckler & Koch was awarded a USD 33,5 million U.S. Army contract modification for new sniper rifles.
  • In addition to military procurement, incidents such as mass shootings have propelled the market for civilian and homeland security procurements of rifles and their ammunition in the region.

Global Smart Gun Market 2018-2022 - Leading Vendors are Armatix, Biofire Technologies, IDENTILOCK, iGUN Technology & TriggerSmart Technologies

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The "Global Smart Gun Market 2018-2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Global Smart Gun Market 2018-2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The global smart gun market to grow at a CAGR of 6.86% during the period 2018-2022.
  • Global Smart Gun Market 2018-2022, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts.
  • Further, the report states that one of the major factors hindering the growth of this market is the technical constraints with smart gun technology.