McLaughlin: Taser transformed from a $200M hardware company into an AI ecosystem
Jon McLaughlin · Transforming Legacy Industries through Thematic Investment and AI with Jon McLaughlin · Jun 9, 2025 · at 39:30
Jon McLaughlin, Managing Partner at Emberline, cites Axon's transition from selling stun guns to providing software and AI solutions as a model for revamping legacy businesses.
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“Taser was a two hundred million dollar market cap company that sold tasing guns to law enforcement. Today it is an AI company. They bought, you know, they launched the camera, which was, you know, axon and they have evidence.com and it's an end-to-end ecosystem of capturing data for law enforcement. All they started out with was a customer list and people they sold tasers to”
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