Overview
Firefly (Firefly Technology Inc.) is a New York physical AI safety company that combines its own panic buttons, AI beacons and gateways with existing cameras, radios and sensors in one platform to detect incidents and coordinate emergency response.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Platform (company-stated, Oct 2026)
Target markets (company-stated)
Data & sources
Web sources
4
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Partnerships
Every company Firefly has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Front Range Community College1× joint
Most recent
- with Front Range Community Collegejust announced
Firefly on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Alex Penn Co-founder & CTOsecondary-verified
- James Batt Buckley Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (2)
- James Batt Buckleycofounder
- Alex Penncofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Firefly.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Firefly in third-party press
Mentioned on (6)
Registry pages whose text names Firefly.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (3)
People (2)
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Firefly has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Front Range Community Collegejust announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1Front Range Community College1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Firefly x Front Range Community College (campus safety platform)withFront Range Community Collegedeployment2026-10-20just announced
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2026-10-20
$20M
Investors: Definition Capital (lead), BoxGroup, Susa Ventures
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdOct 20, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (4)
- https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-10-20-firefly-raises-20m-series-a-to-build-a-new-standard-for-safety · 2026-10-20
- https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/firefly-raises-20m-series-build-130000813.html · 2026-10-20
- https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/20/ai-startup-firefly-secures-20m-to-make-the-physical-world-a-safer-place/ · 2026-10-20
- https://firefly.co/products/emergency-readiness
Common questions
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Is Firefly safe?
Methodology: Unreviewed · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-20
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-20
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Firefly.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Firefly from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
NASA’s Moon mission with four drones moves closer to spacecraft production in 2028
Firefly Aerospace has completed a key spacecraft design review for a NASA mission that aims...
‘Weaponized light’: KBR’s new base defense technology pits lasers against drones
The Pentagon recently selected KBR's Firefly system for a pilot program to test defending U.S. military installations against adversarial drones.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/firefly-safety.md
- RSS feed: /companies/firefly-safety/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c4006cec-9049-419e-8086-946c54f69e19
- Revision history: /companies/firefly-safety/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Firefly against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 22, 2026