Sauron, which is touting a waiting list of tech CEOs and VCs for its home security system that incorporates drones and facial recognition, raised a $18M seed
By incorporating drones, facial recognition and high-tech sensors, Sauron aims to super-charge home security … Bluesky: @stephencsmith , @willoremus.com , @siracusa.mastodon … , @thorinklosowski.com , @nitasha , @newshq , @insurgentprof , @jathansadowski.com , @kleinman , and @evacide Mastodon: @SteveThompson@mastodon.social , @mattwilcox@mstdn.social , and @desafinado@mastodon.social X: @oliviasolon and @nitashatiku . LinkedIn: Timnit Gebru Forums: r/Futurology and r/technology Bluesky: @stephencsmith : I wouldn't trust Sauron with anything. The creator of the one ring to bind us all? Hard pass. [embedded post] Will Oremus / @willoremus.com : there's this thing where tech elites like to think they're being a little cheeky by giving their products dystopian or villainous names but any normie can see there's not really anything ironic about it [embedded post] John Siracusa / @siracusa.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy : ...because if there's one thing Sauron is known for, it's not allowing anyone to sneakily infiltrate his stronghold. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ technology/2024/12/05/tech-ceos-elites- home-security-silicon-valley/ Thorin Klosowski / @thorinklosowski.com : can't wait to put sauron in my home, which seems like a good idea and I have no further questions — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... [image] @nitasha : Speaking of executive safety: fearful tech elites are signing up for a new home security startup promising a military-grade alarm system using drones, facial recognition, and sensor fusion called ... Sauron www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... @newshq : Fearful of crime, the tech elite transform their homes into military bunkers — #news #worldnews James M. Thomas / @insurgentprof : You have to be so completely high off your own supply to name your start-up, home security tech company Sauron — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... Jathan Sadowski / @jathansadowski.com : Sure some might say that tech elite are a cartoonishly evil group of cynical paranoiacs who are totally disconnected from a shared reality with everybody else. But on the other hand, let me introduce you to the latest startup in the Peter Thiel family: SAURON. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... … Bobby Big Wheel / @kleinman : Everything is the fucking Torment Nexus www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... @evacide : If you name your product after the villain, maybe you are not the hero. — www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... Mastodon: Steve Thompson PhD / @SteveThompson@mastodon.social : “Meet Sauron, a new home-security system for the terrified tech elite” — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... “By incorporating drones, facial recognition, and high-tech sensors the company aims to supercharge home security, part of a cottage industry answering the elite's safety woes with military tactics.” … Matt Wilcox / @mattwilcox@mstdn.social : Why is it so many tech-bros have *read* fantasy or super hero media, and yet have taken *the opposite understanding* from it? — https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Sauron was the bad guy. The loser. The weak one. The one that was rejected by every other free being, because he was selfish and greedy. … Joshua H. Pollack / @desafinado@mastodon.social : First came Palantir. Then Anduril. And now Sauron. Yes, really! Sauron. — I have questions. Which name from LOTR will Silicon Valley appropriate next? And when will the Tolken estate spin up its lawyers? Or does it already receive fees from these companies? — #books #bookstodon … X: Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : Have Silicon Valley's founders read literally any other books? Nitasha Tiku / @nitashatiku : My latest: tech elites fearful of their safety are signing up for a new home security startup promising a military-grade alarm system using drones, facial recognition, and sensor fusion called ... Sauron [image] LinkedIn: Timnit Gebru : What's better than Anthropic, OpenAI and friends, with the mission of having “artificial general intelligence” that is “benevolent” and such saving humanity one military contract at a time? … Forums: r/Futurology : Fearful of crime, the tech elite transform their homes into military bunkers r/technology : Fearful of crime, the tech elite transform their homes into military bunkers