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LIZ: 202 22 WINTER OLYMPICS
KICKING OFF IN BEIJING WITH
REDUCED ATTENDANCE DUE TO THE
OMICRON VARIANT.
OFFICIALS ARE AIMING TO HAVE AT
LEAST 30% CAPACITY IN VENUES
DESPITE CHI CHI THAT -- CHINA’S
STRICT REGULATIONS.
BUT NOT EVERY COUNTRY IS SHYING
AWAY.
SUPER BOWL LVI WILL GO ON AS
PLANNED NEXT WEEK AT SOFI FIELD
WITH 70,000 FANS IN ATTENDANCE.
AND AS PEOPLE RETURN TO
IN-PERSON EVENTS IN NUMBERS NOT
SEEN SINCE -- YOU’VE GOT TO GO
BACK BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WHAT
ABOUT SAFE I?
NOT JUST COVID SAFETY, BUT
ACTUAL SAFETY FROM CRIME.
EVOLVE TECHNOLOGIES IS THE
SECURITY PROVIDER OR FOR WYNN
CASINO, SIX FLAGS THEME PARKS
AND THE HOME STADIUMS FOR THE
ATLANTA FALCONS AND TENNESSEE
TITANS.
CEO PETER GEORGE IS HERE THIS A
FOX BUSINESS EXCLUSIVE.
YOU GUYS WENT PUBLIC VIA SPAC.
I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO IT.
TELL US EXACTLY WHERE YOU’VE
SEEN THE BIGGEST RAMP-UP IN
SECURITY VENUES.
>> YEAH.
THANKS, LIZ, THANKS SO MUCH.
LOOK, AS PEOPLE COME BACK FROM
THE PANDEMIC, EVERYBODY WANTS TO
GATHER AGAIN IN A NEW WAY.
BUT THE NEW WAY ARE PLACES LIKE
HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND SCHOOLS,
BIG STADIUMS, GETTING FOLKS BACK
FROM WORKING FROM HOME INTO
THEIR OFFICES.
SO WE’RE SEEING TREMENDOUS
UPTICK IN THOSE PLACES.
MY PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GATHER,
THOSE ARE THE PLACES THAT ARE
DEPLOYING OUR TECHNOLOGY AND
THINKING ABOUT SAFETY IN A NEW
WAY.
LIZ: YEAH.
YOU KNOW, LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE
YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY IN SO MANY
SPORTS ARENAS, THE MERCEDES BENZ
STADIUM, YOU’RE IN THE NISSAN
STADIUM, THAT’S JUST A FEW OF
THEM.
WHAT IS THE MOST NEEDED THING,
AND WHAT DO YOU PROVIDE?
BECAUSE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
A.I. GUN-SNIFFING TECHNOLOGY,
AND WE WANT OUR VIEWERS TO
UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS.
>> RIGHT.
LOOK, THE TWO MAJOR THINGS THAT
PEOPLE WANT, NUMBER ONE, THEY
WANT THEIR SECURITY POSTURE TO
GET BETTER.
WHEN WE GET BACK AND GATHER
AGAIN, EVERYONE WANTS TO COME
BACK AND BE SAFE.
SO THAT’S NUMBER ONE.
BUT NUMBER TWO IS THEY WANT TO
DO IT IN A OUCHLESS AND
FRICTIONLESS AND -- TOUCHLESS
AND FRICTIONLESS AND FREE-FLOW
WAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS VIDEO,
PEOPLE WALKING RIGHT INTO THE
VENUE.
WE CALL IT FROM THE STREET TO
THE SEAT, NOT BREAKING STRIDE.
WALKING TO THEIR SEAT.
NOT DIVESTING OF THE THINGS THEY
NORMALLY CARRY.
AND WHEN THEY GET ON THE INSIDE
AFTER MAKING ALL THE LINES GO
AWAY, HAY KNOW THAT THEY’RE
SAFE, SAFE FROM ALL KINDS OF
THREATS, GUNS AND BOMBS AND
KNIVES AND BAD PEOPLE.
THAT’S WHAT WE DO.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT
MATTER MOST TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND
THEIR FANS AND VISITORS.
LIZ: WELL, SPEAKING OF GUNS, I
MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE BAD
ACTORS WHO ARE TRYING TO SNEAK
GUNS PAST MACHINES, TSA LAST
YEAR CAUGHT A RECORD NUMBER OF
FIREARMS.
WE CAN PUT UP THE NUMBERS.
IT’S ABSOLUTELY STUNNING.
BUT THEY GOT 6,000 GUNS THAT
WERE FOUND IN CARRY-ON LUGGAGING
ALONE IN 2021.
OF HOSE GUNS, 86% OF HEM WERE
FULLY LOADED, PETER.
YOU GUYS HAVE SCREENED 100
MILLION PEOPLE SECOND ONLY TO
THE TSA.
AS PEOPLE RETURN TO, YOU KNOW,
IN-PERSONNING ACTIVITIES, HOW DO
YOU GET THAT MESSAGE DON’T BRING
GUNS?
AND BESIDES THAT, HOW CAN YOU BE
SURE THAT YOUR EQUIPMENT IS
BETTER THAN WHAT I JUST DEALT
WITH AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
WHERE I HAD TO GO THROUGH, THEY
PULLED OPEN EVERY PART OF A VERY
SMALL PURSE.
I WAS IMPRESSED -- I WAS ANNOYED
BECAUSE IT TOOK SO LONG, BUT I
WAS GRATEFUL AND VERY IMPRESSED.
>> LOOK, WE HAVE USED THE MOST
CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY,
ADVANCED SENSORS, MACHINE
LEARNING MODELS TO FIND THE
SIGNATURES OF ALL THE WEAPONS
OUT THERE.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WEAPONS
DON’T GO IN.
BUT THE THING IS THERE’S SO MUCH
ANXIETY TODAY IN THE WORLD, LIZ.
WE JUST COMMISSIONED SOME
RESEARCH MT. IF FALL TO FIND OUT
ABOUT -- IN THE FALL TO FIND OUT
ABOUT THE GUNS YOU JUST SHOWED
AND WHAT KIND OF ANXIETY THERE
IS IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE WERE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED TO
LEARN THAT ONE OUT OF EVERY
THREE AMERICANS FEEL LIKE
THEY’RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER AN
ACTIVE SHOOTER AT SOME POINT IN
THEIR LIFE.
THAT’S CRAZY.
THAT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN.
LIZ: HORRIBLE.
>> 62% OF PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS
WHEN THEY GO OUT AND GATHER
AGAIN.
SO WE’RE COMING OFF OF COVID, WE
WANT TO BE TOGETHER, BUT THE
FACT THAT OVER 50% OF PEOPLE ARE
ANXIOUS IS CRAZY.
AND FINALLY THE OTHER STATISTIC
WHICH IS SHOCKING IS THAT PEOPLE
CHANGE THE PLACE THAT THEY GO
DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF SAFETY
IS GOING TO BE THERE.
SO THE WORLD’S CHANGED FOREVER,
AND NOW THERE’S TECHNOLOGY
AVAILABLE LIKE OURS THAT CAN
ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND
GATHER SAFELY SAFE FROM THE PAN
DEMIC AND HEALTH THREATS, BUT
ALSO -- PANDEMIC, AND ALSO
WEAPONS AND BAD PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO DEMOCRATIZE SECURITY
AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE THE
RIGHT TO BE SAFE.
LIZ: WELL, BILL GATES, ONE OF
THE SMARTEST PEOPLE ON THE
PLANET, I WOULD SAY, IS BACKING
YOUR COMPANY.
AND THEN YOU’VE GOT ALL OF THE
ROCK STARS FROM PEYTON MANNING
TO ANDRE AGASSI, STEFFI GRAF.
YOU DID GO PUBLIC, AND EVEN
BEFORE ITS DEBUT IT HAS NOT DONE
WELL.
MAKE YOUR PITCH RIGHT NOW TO
INVESTORS WHO ARE -- SAYING,
WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS DOWN 69%.
>> LOOK, WE WENT PUBLIC THIS
YEAR.
WE WERE THRILLED TO DO THAT.
WE’RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
FUTURE.
WE JUST HAD A GREAT 2021, MORE
CUSTOMERS AND BOOKINGS THAN
WE’VE EVER HAD IN OUR HISTORY.
WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT MEETING THE
MOMENT WHICH IS TO MAKE THE
WORLD SAFER AGAIN AND EXCITED
ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE’S GOING TO
BE FROM THE COMPANY.
AND EVERYBODY GETS THIS PROBLEM,
LIZ, RIGHT?
WE STOOD IN THE AIRPORT LINE, WE
STOOD IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
TRYING TO SEE OUR FAVORITE TEAM,
AND NOBODY WANTS TO STAND IN
THOSE LONG LINES, BUT EVERYONE
WANTS TO BE SAFE.
WE MAKE THOSE LINES GO AWAY, AND
WE MAKE YOU SAFER.
LIZ: PETER, CAN’T ARGUE WITH
THAT.