Knightscope
About
About Knightscope
K5 patrols indoor and outdoor routes using lidar, cameras and autonomous navigation. Its sensor package includes 360-degree high-definition video, thermal imaging, automatic licence-plate recognition, person detection and two-way audio for remote communication.
Events and live information flow into the Knightscope Security Operations Center, where staff can review alerts, speak through the robot and coordinate a response. Customers configure patrol routes and operating hours through a subscription service. Knightscope reports deployment across 42 US states and more than 4.4 million autonomous operating hours.
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Operations
Orders & commitments
- Order / commitment
2026-09-22 - Knightscope disclosed approximately $27 million across estimated renewals, bookings and client awards between May 20 and Sept. 18, 2026. - Mixed estimated renewals, bookings and client awards; not revenue or guaranteed future revenue
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Operating milestones
- Operating milestone
2026-03-31 - Knightscope reported a network of more than 10,000 machines and agents across 434 clients in 42 U.S. states, with more than 4.4 million autonomous hours logged. - combined security network
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Deployments
- Operating use
2025-03-10 - Knightscope announced 107 machines and devices across renewals and deployments. - Knightscope renewals and deployments
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Vicor
Inbound - Compute & Control - Knightscope selected Vicor power modules in 2021 for its fifth-generation autonomous security robot development
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Financials
- KSCP - NASDAQ - USD
Team
- William Santana Li - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Apoorv S. Dwivedi - EVP and Chief Financial Officer - This role identifies Apoorv S. Dwivedi as part of Knightscope's leadership or founding team.
- Mercedes Soria - EVP and Chief Intelligence Officer/CISO
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-20 - Market Signal - Knightscope reports preliminary Q3 revenue of about $8.7 million
Quarterly revenue rose 177% from approximately $3.1 million in Q3 2025. Nine-month revenue rose 170% from approximately $8.8 million in the comparable 2025 period. The company has not completed its quarter-end close, and actual results may differ from these estimates.
Source - 2026-09-22 - Market Signal - Knightscope reports approximately $27 million of commercial activity
Estimated renewals accounted for about $19.6 million; estimated new engagements accounted for about $7.5 million. The largest renewal was a three-year industrial-client agreement, with roughly $17 million of estimated services and no minimum purchase commitment. A national retailer supplied a written award valued at about $5.8 million, but definitive ordering documents had not yet been issued.
Source - 2026-08-12 - Market Signal - Knightscope reports record $9 million second-quarter revenue
The company recorded a second consecutive positive gross-margin quarter, with gross profit of about $0.7 million and a margin near 7%. Net loss widened to $14.1 million for the quarter. Revenue now includes the acquired Security Force business alongside autonomous security robots and emergency-communication systems.
Source - 2026-03-03 - Acquisition - Knightscope acquires Event Risk to expand autonomous security force model
Knightscope acquired Event Risk to expand its autonomous security force strategy. The transaction adds tech-enabled guarding services and a managed-service security platform. The event expands Knightscope's model beyond autonomous security robots into integrated security operations.
Source - 2025-03-10 - Deployment - Knightscope announces 107 machines and devices across renewals and deployments
Knightscope announced renewals for four Autonomous Security Robot subscriptions, seven new ASR deployments and contracts for 96 emergency communication devices. The company grouped the activity as 107 machines and devices in motion across public-safety and security customers.
Source - 2022-01-26 - Market Signal - Knightscope closes USD 22.36M public offering
Knightscope sold 2,236,619 Class A common shares at USD 10 per share. The offering generated USD 22,366,190 in gross proceeds. The company began Nasdaq trading under the ticker KSCP on 27 January 2022.
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Context
Shared workflows
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workflow adjacency - Public Safety Robotics
- DOGU Robotics
workflow adjacency - Public Safety Robotics
- Cleo Robotics
workflow adjacency - Public Safety Robotics
- Micropolis Robotics
workflow adjacency - Public Safety Robotics
Context tags
- Public safety robotics - Workflow
