- Founded
- April 20137
- Chief executive
- William Santana Li6
- Listed security
- Nasdaq Capital Market: KSCP, Class A common stock1
Knightscope's robots belong in a security operation with people responsible for responding. The company serves US commercial and government clients, and its current offering combines mobile patrols, emergency communication equipment, remote monitoring and on-site personnel. That context matters when a household encounters a K5 in a parking lot or sees a K7 demonstration.134
Visit Knightscope ↗From a patrol robot to a security service
William Santana Li and Stacy Dean Stephens founded Knightscope in April 2013. A historical offering filing describes Li’s Ford background, Stephens’ work as a police officer and their shared history at Carbon Motors. The first K5 version was completed in December 2013. The current leadership page names Li as chief executive.67
The company has expanded beyond mobile patrol. Its 2022 CASE acquisition added emergency communications. On February 27, 2026, it acquired Event Risk, which operates as Knightscope Security Force. The filing gives approximately USD 18 million of total purchase consideration for that transaction, a figure that should not be read as cash paid upfront.1
Knightscope now describes a managed offering combining robots, emergency communication equipment, software, remote monitoring and human security personnel. It serves US commercial and government clients. A site therefore needs to assess the patrol and the response arrangements together: observing something on a route and having someone respond are different parts of the service.13
Products and services
K5 and K7 address different patrol settings. Their maker’s availability labels describe the products, while the broader Knightscope service concerns monitoring and human response. A model name alone does not establish which services a site contract includes.34
Knightscope K5
The maker lists K5 as available for structured outdoor patrol, including parking lots, campuses and walkways. Start with the exact route and the response team. The listing is not a retail stock check or evidence of tested crime-prevention performance.34
Knightscope K7
The October 26, 2026 media-kit check labels K7 limited release for light-duty off-road perimeter patrol. A prior August release gave both Q3 and Q4 2026 for initial deployments. The later label does not resolve that historical inconsistency or establish a customer handover date.45
Knightscope Security Force
The acquired Event Risk business brings human security into the group’s offering. It is a service business, not another patrol-robot model. The responsibilities and response arrangements belong in the site proposal alongside the equipment.13
Understanding a robot at a shared property
For a resident or visitor encountering a patrol robot, the useful questions concern the site operator: who receives alerts, who attends an incident and who controls the recordings? Knightscope’s July 2026 public privacy notice covers website visitors. It does not establish a deployment’s video access, retention, deletion or complaints procedure.138
Who takes responsibility after an alert?
Write down the problem at the property and the route a patrol would cover. Ask who reviews an alert, who responds in person and how residents or staff contact that team. Then ask for the recording rules and service responsibilities in the actual proposal. These are commercial security systems to evaluate as part of a managed operation.138
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Sources and notes
- Knightscope Q2 2026 Form 10-Q via IR
Issuer-linked Q2 2026 Form 10-Q, unaudited consolidated US GAAP statements. April-June and January-June columns remain separate; source USD thousands are converted once to full USD. Net loss is not operating loss or adjusted EBITDA. Results include acquired Security Force after February 27; approximately USD 18 million acquisition consideration is not cash paid upfront. The listed instrument is Nasdaq Capital Market KSCP Class A common stock; Class B shares also appear in the balance sheet. The filing’s USD 8,160 thousand cash differs from the IR tile’s USD 8.18 million. Both remain unresolved and no exact cash headline is selected. Going-concern language is retained. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Knightscope investor relations
Investor relations supplied the newest results link located on October 26, 2026 and an external stock-information destination. Its USD 8.18 million June 30 cash tile differs from the filing’s USD 8.160 million; the amounts are preserved without resolution. No quote feed, live market value or Q3 result is inferred. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Knightscope current offering
The company describes structured outdoor K5 patrol and managed security with human monitoring and response. The service platform does not establish contract inclusions, automatic police dispatch or guaranteed crime prevention for a particular model or site. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Knightscope media kit
October 26, 2026 maker fact-sheet labels: K5 available; K7 limited release for light-duty off-road perimeter patrol. These are manufacturer labels, not verified deliveries, retail stock or evidence of tested security performance. No media rights or image assignment is made here. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Knightscope August 2026 SEC-filed release
The August 12, 2026 issuer release filed with the SEC refers to both Q4 and Q3 for initial K7 deployments. That historical forecast inconsistency remains unresolved; the later limited-release label supplies no customer handover date. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Knightscope leadership
Current leadership listing names William Santana Li as chief executive. Historical founders and employment history are not substituted for the current management roster or a professional endorsement. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Knightscope 2020 offering
Historical offering supplies April 2013 origins, founders’ prior Ford/police/Carbon Motors backgrounds and completion of the first K5 version in December 2013. That version milestone is not a first commercial delivery or a current hardware specification. Source checked 2026-10-26.
- Knightscope website privacy policy
July 2026 privacy notice concerns website visitors. A robot deployment needs its own operator-specific recording, access, retention and deletion terms; the website notice does not supply them. Source checked 2026-10-26.
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