Firefly
Firefly is a New York-based physical AI safety company founded in 2024.
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Snapshot 2026-10-21- Startup SignalsRankedof 2,286
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Firefly is a New York-based physical AI safety company founded in 2024. Its Ember platform unifies customers' existing cameras, sensors and radios with purpose-built hardware (wearable panic buttons, AI beacons with gunshot detection) to detect incidents in real time and automate emergency response for schools, hospitals and corporate campuses.
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Investor· 3
Founders / team· 2
Funding history
- 2026-10-20Series A$20M
Investors · Definition Capital, BoxGroup, Susa VenturesSource · siliconangle.com ↗
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Firefly is a New York-based physical AI safety company founded in 2024. Its Ember platform unifies customers' existing cameras, sensors and radios with purpose-built hardware (wearable panic buttons, AI beacons with gunshot detection) to detect incidents in real time and automate emergency response for schools, hospitals and corporate campuses.
Series A · 2026-10
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$2M
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