(0:00) Axon CEO Rick Smith joins David Friedberg

(2:39) History of TASER/Axon: brink of bankruptcy to IPO

(9:05) Going public during the dot-com crash, selling to police, battling shorts and an SEC investigation, pivoting to software

(20:47) Creating the police body cam, surveillance state concerns around Flock

(35:25) Freedom vs safety, Skydio deal, Taser drone project controversy

(45:24) Future of robotic systems and drones in policing

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