Rahul Sidhu
VP of Aviation, Flock Safety. On 2 shows, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Rahul Sidhu is an entrepreneur and former first responder who founded SPIDR Tech and Aerodome. He specializes in public safety technologies, integrating artificial intelligence, drones, and sensor networks for law enforcement and emergency dispatch operations.
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Everything Rahul Sidhu said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Rahul Sidhu says autonomous drone response to gunshots is inevitable
“You hear a gunshot go off, and the drone finds a shooter getting into a car and driving off, and then pursuing the vehicle. It's kind of almost hard to see that it isn't inevitable.”
Sidhu: Citizens interacting with local police are essentially customers
“Well, I mean, anybody who is interacting with a police officer or deputy sheriff at a local law enforcement level is essentially a customer.”
Sidhu: SPIDR Tech turned down a Series A to be acquired
“In fact, we had the potential of competing term sheet. We had a term sheet for a series. I mean, we were we actually ended up turning things down because we felt like this was a very, very rare type of acquisition that we could have easily walked away from.”
Rahul Sidhu says drones are the only sustainable 24/7 aerial monitoring
“We can't do that with a helicopter today unless you've just kept five helicopters up, 24 seven, and that's just not sustainable. This is the only way to actually achieve that level of safety.”
Rahul Sidhu says public safety founders must do police ride-alongs
“It is hard if you don't know what they've been through, what it feels like to be on the beat. Spend time. Do some ride-alongs. Really get an understanding of it. Be a reserve cop, you know, if you want to really get into it. And that'll really help you not onl…”
Sidhu: SPIDR Tech achieved profitability in 2020 before its acquisition
“We had reached profitability last year as well, so we didn't necessarily need venture money to continue growing.”
Sidhu: SPIDR Tech charged small police departments $10K to $40K annually
“At a smaller agency of a hundred folks, it could be, you know, somewhere between 10,000 to 40 ish thousand dollars a year, depending on how much of the platform that they wanted.”
SPIDR Tech serves over 60 police agencies across US and Canada
“We have over 60 different agencies across the United States and Canada.”
Sidhu: One major city customer nearly doubled SPIDR Tech's revenue overnight
“We had a major customer come on board you know, major city that doubled our revenue, almost doubled our revenue overnight in Q one of”
Sidhu: SPIDR Tech grew revenue 5x year-over-year before the pandemic
“And I will say that the years prior, you know, we had five X year over year growth pretty easily.”
Sidhu: Early police customers refused to pay, causing zero 2016 revenue
“It was a big fat goose egg in 2016 because in the beginning we had to have law enforcement agencies to take a chance on us. They weren't willing to pay.”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Rahul's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER | VP of Aviation, Flock Safety | 1 | 10 | — | full record on Top Founders → |
 a16zLEDGER | VP of Aviation, Flock Safety | 1 | 3 | — | full record on the a16z Podcast → |