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Momentum: conversations with OEMs and investors
A short, honest traction update. We keep names out of posts like this — good conversations deserve confidentiality — but the shape of the pipeline is worth sharing, because it says something about where the industry's head is at.
Who we're talking to
Right now SENTINEL is in active conversations on two fronts: printer manufacturers evaluating how firearm blocking technology would integrate into their firmware roadmaps, and venture investors — particularly funds with public-safety and security theses, the kind that backed companies like ZeroEyes and Actuate — as part of our seed round.
The manufacturer conversations start in very different places. Some teams have read AB 2047 line by line; others are hearing about attestation deadlines for the first time. But every conversation converges on the same realization: build-vs-buy on a DOJ-certifiable detection algorithm is not a close call when you count the dataset work, adversarial testing, and regulatory navigation involved.
The first question everyone asks
Investors and OEMs ask the same thing, phrased differently: "How do you know it works?" Investors mean false negatives — can a determined person slip a receiver past it? OEMs mean false positives — will it block my customer's phone stand?
Both questions have the same answer: measurement. False-positive and false-negative behavior are the axes the DOJ will certify against, so they're the axes we engineer and report against.
What's next
More of the same, deliberately: one conversation at a time, properly prepared. If you're at a printer manufacturer thinking about the 2029 deadlines — or an investor who wants the data room — the door is open.