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Flock Safety plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-powered surveillance cameras and license-plate readers faces mounting opposition to its products from communities and lawmakers.
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maker → plan → communities
The people said the job cuts came after a voluntary buyout program and were expected to affect roughly 270 employees at Flock, a surveillance technology startup that has seen rapid growth in recent years.
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that → say → years
Employees will leave the company at the end of the month.
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Employees → leave → month
Sources declined to be identified as the company has yet to make the plan public.
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plan → decline → ?
Flock declined to comment.
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Flock → decline → ?
In September, Flock announced a voluntary separation program, asking employees to apply if they wanted to leave the company, as Wired reported.
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Wired → announce → company
The company has about 1,500 employees.
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company → have → employees
Flock faces growing scrutiny from regulators, lawmakers and privacy advocates, despite drawing strong investor interest among venture capitalists.
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Flock → face → capitalists
A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Americans are divided on whether Flock cameras are a good idea.
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cameras → show → ?
About 38% of the country supports the use of Flock cameras in their community, compared with 47% who oppose their use.
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who → support → use
Across 49 states, Flock’s network of about 120,000 AI-powered cameras, affixed to streets and highways, automatically read license plates and record vehicles as they pass.
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they → power → vehicles
The company, based in Atlanta and founded in 2017, has raised more than $950m from venture capital investors, with its latest $275m round in March led by Andreessen Horowitz valuing the company at $7.5bn.
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round → base → 7.5bn
The funds have supported a new US manufacturing facility and an upcoming push into drone products, according to the company.
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funds → support → company
Flock provides cameras and software to more than 4,800 law enforcement agencies and nearly 1,000 businesses.
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Flock → provide → agencies
The company says its technology helps investigate and solve crimes, but it has come under increasing scrutiny over alleged privacy violations and data-sharing practices.
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it → say → violations
Public backlash has grown.
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backlash → grow → ?
In September, Florida banned automated license plate readers from state highways, citing privacy risks tied to Flock’s cameras.
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Florida → ban → cameras
Home Depot investors recently demanded reviews of the retailer’s partnerships with surveillance technology vendors after reports that Flock’s data was used in immigration enforcement.
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data → demand → enforcement
Flock also faces legal challenges, such as a privacy lawsuit in Virginia alleging that the widespread deployment of its AI-powered cameras constitutes warrantless surveillance.
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deployment → face → surveillance
Together with AI datacenters, Flock cameras have emerged as a flashpoint ahead of November’s midterm elections, with candidates increasingly attacking their opponents by tying them to the technology.
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candidates → emerge → technology
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