Aisha King, co founder of Solo Secure joins us now, Aisha,
thank you so much for joining us.
Congrats on the award, that's really incredible.
Can you tell us more about the platform, the Go Solo app and how it works?
Yes, thank you so much for having me.
So Solo Secure is at the forefront of emerging IO
technology IOT technology with personal safety on the go.
So we're able to provide everyday consumers and businesses alike with the
ability to mitigate safety risks and protect themselves on the go.
So with the ghost Solo app,
people are able to use the S. O. S.
Feature to get help the watch over me to watch
over them over any situation that they may be in.
We also provide uh information such as safety tips
and recommendations using the Ai and Ml technology.
So there's a wide range of features that's on the
Go Solo app and including our education content as well,
making sure people are empowered um and have the knowledge to protect themselves.
This is really big.
Can you talk about some of the safety issues that you plan to tackle with Go Solo?
Yes, So there's a lot um you know,
really we are talking about being this holistic kind of solution to people.
So, um we're talking about being preemptive,
we're talking about being in the present moment
and we're also talking about being reactive.
Um so, you know, just there's a lot of as far as safety
people just don't know what's going on around them.
So it's very important that you're using smart
technology to provide them with what's going on.
So for example if someone is traveling in an unknown area,
it's up to our technology to provide them of the information.
For example, if there has been an increase in robberies in the neighborhood,
that's something that our technology would inform a user.
Oh, interesting.
Especially with so many people I think making big
moves during the past couple of years especially um
I was taking a look at some of the footage that was playing as you were speaking.
Tell us more about the actual device, the solo backpacker and how it works.
How does it come in handy?
Yes, absolutely. This was actually one of our ideas from one of our co founders.
So the solo backpacker acts as a phone case and a wallet in the same.
So right now with traditional phone cases inside of a with the wallet,
what happens is you can put your cards in your cash but anybody can take it.
Um And the problem is a lot of times for women if you go
to a club or a bar or you're going hiking whatever it is,
you don't necessarily want to carry a big purse or you know,
your your dress may not have pockets.
But the problem with putting those personal items in those anybody can take it.
But with the solo backpacker, what it is is you put your cards, your I. D.
Whatever you like inside
of the case, but it can only be open with your biometric,
so on the side it authenticates you and the back opens up,
you're able to securely put your cards and then close it back.
So if you set your phone down on the table or the bar or anything like that,
no one can open it up, but you
that is brilliant.
It actually just happened to a friend of mine recently when she was visiting
a new city and she had to get everything replaced the whole headache.
Um so great to hear about that.
Also want to hear more about your journey,
what was it that inspired you to create this
platform and really utilize ai for personal safety?
Yes, so I was a women's studies major and I also grew up
uh taking martial arts for about 20 years and in
that time I also taught women and Children self defense
and I know it's just not plausible for people for everyone to train
for hours and hours in the gym every day to learn self defense.
And so there's other ways that I wanted to come up with for people to stay safe.
Um and so with these biometric self defense
tools we're able to keep people safe while they're
on the go and then now adding the software
and the Ai technology to our software tools,
it just gives a holistic approach um for people who
aren't able to train in the gym every day.
Yeah Aisha.
Um Also really quickly, just about a minute left with you,
you're in talks with several universities to
possibly implement your platform on campuses.
How much of a game changer could this be for college students?
Absolutely, I think it's gonna be a big one.
I used to work for campus security as a student and I
know just how important it is for students to stay safe.
So for example, you know,
right now a lot of college campuses have
blue lights which are stationed around campus,
but it's just very hard for students to get around to it.
Um, you know,
they press it and they kind of just wait by themselves if they need help and usually,
you know, a lot of them can be under maintenance, just may not work.
So there's a lot of problems with that old archaic system.
However, for example, if you use the solo secure technology,
what we wanted to do is for example, have drone stationed around campus.
So if you were to want to press one of those blue lights,
what would happen is a drone would come and fly over you.
Um, and to be able to detect any weapons,
see what's going on and be able to convey that message to the campus security.
Um, so it's like someone being with you uh,
and having an overview of what's being happening so that you're not alone,
Really incredible stuff there. That's Ayesha King, co founder of Solo secure.
Thanks so much for joining us.