Omnilert

What Omnilert does

Omnilert (Omnilert, LLC) is a privately held Virginia-based software company founded in 2004 that sells an integrated emergency management platform anchored by a patented visual AI gun detection system. The core product processes live feeds from customers' existing IP-based security cameras through a multi-step computer vision pipeline (ASSESS for person detection, DETECT for firearm proximity, ANALYZE for multi-frame threat tracking) trained on organic real-world footage rooted in Department of Defense and DARPA research. Upon detection, alerts flow through UL-Certified human verification operators before triggering automated workflows that lock doors, sound alarms, send mass notifications across SMS, email, desktop, PA, and digital signage, alert law enforcement with photo/video evidence, and launch conference bridges (Zoom, Teams, Meet).

The company sells primarily to institutional and enterprise buyers across 21 verticals, with Education (K-12 and higher education) as the primary segment, followed by Healthcare, Government, Casinos, Entertainment & Venues, and broader Commercial/Retail. Pricing is quote-based annual subscription, with volumes tied to cameras, locations, and monitoring tier, and a Grant Assistance program actively helps K-12, nonprofit, healthcare, and transit buyers tap federal funding (DHS TVTP, SHSP, FEMA NSGP, TSGP). Additional recurring revenue comes from UL-certified professional monitoring services and integration licensing with partners such as Spot AI (video intelligence) and Ericsson (LTE/5G connectivity), bringing the platform's integration ecosystem to 50+ partners.

Omnilert operates a small team of 11-50 employees from Leesburg, VA, serves over 1,000 organizations, and processed over 3,000 AI gun detection events in 2025. It holds a full DHS SAFETY Act designation as anti-terrorism technology, along with FERPA, HIPAA, and EU-U.S./UK/Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework certifications, and has won Security Govies (2024), AI Innovation Awards (2024), AI Breakthrough (2024), and Campus Technology New Product (2021) recognition.

Name

Omnilert

Legal name

Omnilert, LLC

Website

https://omnilert.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Omnilert sells a patented AI visual gun detection system and emergency mass notification platform that converts existing security cameras into proactive threat detection and automated response infrastructure, serving over 1,000 institutions across education, healthcare, government, casinos, and venues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Physical Security Software

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Security Systems Services (56162)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/Analytics Video Surveillance (Detection, LPR, People Counting) (HSAHACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Video Alarm Verification & Remote Video Monitoring (VSaaS Monitoring) (BPAKAFAE), Intrusion Detection & Burglar Alarm Systems Integration (BPAKAGAC)

Keywords

• AI gun detection
• Mass notification systems
• Physical security software
• Emergency communication platforms
• Active shooter detection

Headquarters

HQ city

Leesburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. AI Gun Detection Platform Subscription: Ongoing subscription access to Omnilert's AI gun detection platform, professional monitoring services, and emergency response management. Pricing is structured around the number of cameras, locations, and monitoring tiers. Deployments typically involve an annual subscription with options for multi-year contracts, aligned with institutional procurement cycles and grant funding windows.
2. Professional Monitoring & Human Verification Services: UL-certified operator services for real-time verification of AI alerts. Offered as a tiered service within the subscription model, providing organizations with human-in-the-loop verification either through Omnilert's own monitoring center or direct-to-SOC integration into the customer's security operations.
3. Technology Integration and Platform Licensing: Omnilert integrates its detection platform with third-party technology partners (Spot AI, Ericsson) through API and platform integrations, extending its detection capabilities across broader security ecosystems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Omnilert provides a patented visual AI gun detection platform that transforms existing IP-based security cameras into proactive early-warning systems, identifying firearms in a fraction of a second before shots are fired. The offering combines AI detection, UL-certified human verification, and automated emergency response orchestration (door locking, mass notification, law enforcement alerting) within a unified platform. It also includes a legacy multi-channel emergency and mass notification system supporting SMS, email, desktop alerts, PA systems, and digital signage, plus a Grant Assistance program to help institutional buyers access federal funding.

Product overview

Omnilert offers a unified platform combining AI-powered gun detection technology with comprehensive emergency communication management. The core offering is Omnilert Gun Detect, a patented visual AI system that processes live security camera feeds to identify firearms in real-time. This integrates with Professional Monitoring & Human Verification for UL Certified operator review and Automated Emergency Response for instant notification and security ecosystem integration. The platform provides Mass Notification Systems and Emergency Notification Systems as communication channels, with Security Workflow Automation (Scenarios) enabling predefined crisis response sequences. Additional modules include Omnilert Engage for audience segmentation, Mobile Subscriber Application with Instant App functionality for cross-platform mobile reach, Desktop Alert, Panic Button Alert, Weather Alerts, Gun Violence Statistics reporting, Active Shooter Preparedness Guide educational resources, and Enterprise 5G AI Gun Detection for cellular-connected environments. The company also offers a Grant Assistance Program to help organizations fund security implementations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Omnilert Gun Detect (AI Gun Detection) Patented visual AI product that processes live feeds from existing IP security cameras to identify visible firearms in a fraction of a second and initiate automated emergency response. Built on DoD/DARPA research using a multi-step ASSESS-DETECT-ANALYZE pipeline trained on organic real-world footage. Targeted at enterprise and institutional security teams across education, healthcare, government, venues, and commercial facilities.
• Professional Monitoring and Human Verification Subscription-based human verification service where UL-certified operators review AI gun detection alerts in real time to reduce false positives and escalate verified threats. Offered as either Omnilert-managed monitoring or as a direct-to-SOC integration into a customer's own security operations center.
• Automated Emergency Response Software product that automates multi-channel emergency response actions following a verified gun detection event, including door locking, alarm activation, mass notifications, law enforcement alerting with real-time video and images, digital signage updates, and auto-launched conference bridges (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet).
• Emergency Notification Systems Multi-channel emergency alerting product that allows organizations to identify and respond to imminent threats by sending alerts and coordinating response activities across SMS, email, app push, desktop, PA systems, and digital signage channels.
• Mass Notification Systems Enterprise mass communication platform that delivers multi-channel notifications (SMS, email, desktop alerts, PA announcements, digital signage) customized for organizational needs, including polling, subscriber management, resources modules, and configurable scenarios.
• Omnilert Engage Standalone mass engagement product that enables safety teams to segment large audiences into smaller, independently managed groups for targeted emergency communications and interactions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,000 AI Gun Detection Events processed in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ericsson (Enterprise Wireless Solutions)coreTechnology or Integration · 17 March 2026Omnilert joined Ericsson's Enterprise Wireless Solutions Technology Alliance Partner Program to enhance AI gun detection and emergency response capabilities across LTE and 5G networks. The collaboration aims to provide reliable security alerts and situational awareness in environments with variable or limited connectivity. The joint solution integrates Omnilert's threat detection platform with Ericsson's LTE and 5G connectivity offerings to offer scalable safety infrastructure for connected and hard-to-connect environments.
• Spot AIcoreTechnology or Integration · 24 July 2024Spot AI announced a technology integration with Omnilert enabling their combined systems to detect guns and alert authorities across various facilities in the U.S. The integrated system automatically activates safety responses and notifications to facilitate rapid response to gun threats. The collaboration aims to improve proactive security measures against gun violence by combining Spot AI's video intelligence with Omnilert's gun detection and emergency response platform.
• 50+ Major Integration PartnerscoreTechnology or IntegrationOmnilert maintains an open integration network with over 50 major integration partners spanning access control, video management, alarm and intrusion systems, mass notification platforms, and communication tools. Partner logos shown on the homepage include (among others): BCD, Avigilon, Genetec, Bosch, LenelS2, Eagle Eye Networks, Rhombus, Ambarella, Hanwha Techwin, Salient Systems, Network Video Technologies, 3xLOGIC, i3, IDEMIA, IronYun,息, and others spanning VMS, access control, AI, and communication platforms.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ZeroEyes: ZeroEyes is the most direct competitor to Omnilert, offering AI visual gun detection layered on existing security cameras with human verification and emergency dispatch, primarily targeting K-12, higher education, healthcare, and government buyers. It competes head-to-head with Omnilert Gun Detect for the same institutional procurement budgets.
• Actuate (formerly Aegis AI): Actuate provides AI gun detection software that integrates with existing camera and video management systems to identify firearms in real time. It is a direct peer competing for the same enterprise and institutional customers as Omnilert.

Broad incumbents

• Motorola Solutions (Avigilon / Vigilant): Motorola Solutions owns Avigilon video surveillance and Vigilant gunshot detection, competing broadly with Omnilert across cameras, VMS, and acoustic gunshot detection for the same public-safety and enterprise buyers. Its scale and procurement incumbency make it the largest competitive threat.
• Genetec: Genetec is a major VMS and unified security platform vendor (Security Center, Omnicast) used by many of the same enterprise, government, and education customers that Omnilert targets. As Genetec expands analytics partnerships, it could bundle competing gun-detection features into its platform.
• Verkada: Verkada sells cloud-managed physical security including cameras, access control, and AI analytics, targeting K-12, healthcare, retail, and enterprise buyers that overlap heavily with Omnilert's customer base. Its bundled hardware-plus-software model is a structural alternative to Omnilert's camera-agnostic approach.
• Axis Communications: Axis is one of the largest IP camera manufacturers globally and supplies much of the underlying camera infrastructure that Omnilert's software runs on. Axis also offers analytics and ARTPEC chips that could host competing on-camera gun detection.
• Eagle Eye Networks: Eagle Eye Networks is a cloud VMS provider with a large global camera footprint and an open AI analytics ecosystem, competing for the same enterprise, education, and retail security buyers as Omnilert. Its 100% cloud architecture positions it as a platform alternative.

Emerging players

• BriefCam: BriefCam provides AI-powered video analytics (object detection, search, alerting) on top of existing VMS and camera infrastructure, overlapping with Omnilert's analytics capabilities for enterprise and public-safety customers. While broader in scope than gun detection, it competes for the same analytics budget.
• Rhombus Systems: Rhombus provides cloud-based physical security with cameras and AI analytics, including weapon and threat detection, competing for enterprise and education security budgets against Omnilert. It is an explicit integration partner of Omnilert but also a potential competitor on the analytics layer.
• IronYun: IronYun provides AI video analytics for security and surveillance including object detection, face mask detection, and weapon-related analytics. Listed as an Omnilert integration partner, it is also a peer in the AI video analytics category for enterprise security buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/omnilert
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/omnilert
• Facebookfacebook.com/Omnilert
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/omnilert-llc

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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