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SoundThinking

Absorbed the assets of PredPol, the predictive-policing pioneer. Independent studies keep finding most alerts turn up no gun crime.

1 Detroit system$7M in disclosed contracts
What it is
Public · ~$107M market cap · ~$104M revenue
Backed by
Lauder Partners is the largest holder
Scale
Gunshot sensors in 170+ cities — though Chicago, Durham, and others have dropped it

Their Detroit footprint

Systems naming SoundThinking in the city’s own surveillance filings.

ShotSpotter / SoundThinking

$7M; contract expires June 30, 2026. A court found the 2022 approval violated CIOGS.

Police$7MExpiring
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