Axon CEO Rick Smith Says AI Policing Tools Revenue Is Up 700%-Plus Year-Over-Year as Company Pivots From Tasers to AI Software

WSJ profiles Axon CEO Rick Smith, who has transformed the Taser maker into a law enforcement software company, with AI policing tools revenue rising more than 700% year-over-year. Smith argues AI is the future of policing, pointing to rapid enterprise adoption of Axon's body-camera analytics, evidence management, and dispatch-AI platforms by police departments and government agencies. The surge underscores a broader pattern of AI commercial adoption accelerating fastest in sectors with captive institutional buyers and limited procurement friction.