Public safety technology company Axon will acquire the Israeli start-up Carbyne, an innovative emergency communications and response platform that serves hundreds of agencies, protecting over 250 million people worldwide, it announced on Monday.
The deal – which highlights Israel’s growing role as a hub for public safety innovation – will combine Axon’s extensive suite of connected public safety technologies with Carbyne’s cloud-native emergency communications platform, transforming the emergency 911 experience into a faster, smarter, and more responsive system.
“This acquisition represents the next step in Axon's strategy to modernize every stage of public safety – starting at the first call for help,” the company said in a statement announcing the deal.
Axon, founded in 1993, is best known for its TASER devices, body cameras, and AI-driven capabilities for first responders, frontline workers, and others. Its solutions create a seamlessly connected picture of safety that helps protect people and places with greater speed, clarity, and accountability.
Thanks to its cloud-native call-handling platform, Carbyne powers how emergency communications centers (ECCs) receive, route, and manage incoming calls – enabling uninterrupted service, built-in resilience, and faster access to critical data.
Founded in 2014 by Amir Elichai, Alex Dizengof, Lital Leshem, and Yoni Yatsun, and headquartered in New York City, Carbyne provides real-time data and live video, as well as transcription and multilingual translation tools for emergency response centers. The company is integrated with leading public safety systems in dozens of jurisdictions and processes over 250 million data points annually.
Artificial intelligence tools to be provided under Axon 911
As part of the deal, Axon will merge Carbyne’s platform with its own artificial intelligence (AI) tools under a new service, Axon 911, in connecting callers, dispatchers, and responders on a single platform to “deliver the most connected and intelligent 911 platform.”
Axon 911 will provide real-time intelligence from the moment a call begins to field response to investigation in Axon Evidence and resolution within the justice system.
According to Axon founder and CEO Rick Smith, over 240 million 911 calls are made annually in the US and, “in too many cases, vital information is lost between the call and the response."
Smith added that "by uniting Axon's 30-year legacy of innovation with Carbyne's cloud-based call management platform, we're closing that gap, giving call takers and dispatchers instant visibility and connecting them directly to officers in the field.”
Axon 911 will “transform a call for help into the first moment of intelligence," he explained.
Israeli R&D talent
Carbyne’s Israeli R&D roots have fueled its rise in the industry, and the acquisition underscores how technologies born in the Start-Up Nation are increasingly shaping critical infrastructure worldwide.
Both companies emphasized their shared mission of modernizing emergency communications and bringing them into the 21st century.
"Carbyne was created to modernize how help arrives, by giving emergency professionals the clarity, resilience, and confidence they need in critical moments," its co-founder and CEO Elichai said.
Joining Axon will allow Carbyne to scale its mission globally and fully incorporate into the broader public safety ecosystem.
“Together, we'll help agencies save time, reduce uncertainty, and improve outcomes for the people and communities they serve,” Elichai concluded.