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The future of public safety via rapid drone response with Aerodome's Rahul Sidhu | E1900

Feb 19, 2024

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Rahul Sidhu from Aerodome discusses the future of public safety with rapid drone response, privacy concerns with police drones, challenges of fundraising, and the founding incident of Aerodome. They dive into the automated drone system for 911 calls, FAA regulations, geofencing, and obstacle avoidance for drones.

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Quick takeaways

Aerodome's drone system offers rapid air support for public safety, reaching emergency calls within 98 seconds.

Privacy and abuse concerns around police drone use are addressed by Aerodome through transparency and data protection measures.

Aerodome emphasizes intellectual honesty, problem-solving, and adaptability to find the best solutions for public safety.

Deep dives

Importance of Investing in Defense and Public Safety

There has been a shift in Silicon Valley towards wanting to invest in defense and public safety. Companies like flock and mark 43 have achieved venture scale in this space, making it a big opportunity for startups. The demand for products that make the world safer is increasing, and there is a recognition that investing in defense and public safety is almost a duty.

Introduction

4min

Utilizing Drones for Public Safety Response

9min

Ensuring Transparency and Accountability in Public Safety Operations with Drones

3min

Revolutionizing Public Safety with Drone Launchers

6min

Drone Operations: Avoiding Static Objects and Aircraft Collisions

4min

Comparing Cost Efficiency of Drones vs Helicopters for Public Safety and Unique Subscription Model for Selling to Municipalities

2min

Exploring Municipal Drone Solutions, Sales Team Importance, and Object Tracking Development

3min

Reliability, Privacy, and Public Safety Tech

6min

Entrepreneurship Journey, AI Tools Adoption, Personal Challenges, and All-In Podcast Impact

4min

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Striving to be the 'World's Best'

10min

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Todays show:

Rahul Sidhu from Aerodome joins Jason to discuss how his startup is creating the future of public safety air support with an automated drone system. The two dive into privacy concerns and abuse potential for police drones (14:41), challenges of fundraising and selling to the government (34:22), the founding incident of Aerodome (38:46), and much more!

Timestamps:

(0:00) Rahul Sidhu from Aerodome joins Jason

(3:44) How the Aerodome drone system works to respond to 911 calls

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(14:41) Privacy concerns and abuse potential with police drone usage

(19:43) FAA regulations, geofencing, and obstacle avoidance for drones

(25:16) Pricing and business model

(28:08) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at http://www.vanta.com/twist

(29:00) Object tracking and combining technologies

(34:22) The challenges of fundraising and selling to government as a startup, but increased venture interest in public safety tech

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(38:46) Starting Aerodome during the pandemic and protests in 2020. Finding a moderate voice through the All-In podcast