Flock of Legals

“Since its founding in 2017, Flock, which was valued at $7.5 billion in its most recent funding round, has quietly built a network of more than 80,000 cameras pointed at highways, thoroughfares and parking lots across the U.S. They record not just the license plate numbers of the cars that pass them, but their make and distinctive features—broken windows, dings, bumper stickers. Langley estimates its cameras help solve 1 million crimes a year. Soon they’ll help solve even more. In August, Flock’s cameras will take to the skies mounted on its own ‘made in America drones.” Forbes: AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America. (Imagine seeing that slide in an investment deck.)

+ 404 Media is doing the most extensive coverage of Flock. Their reporting has actually resulted in some policy changes.