Sonny Tai

CEO and Co-Founder, Actuate

Sonny Tai is the CEO and Co-Founder of Aegis AI. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a social entrepreneur. Sonny co-founded Aegis AI with the mission of addressing America’s gun violence epidemic, and he works to build software that employs deep learning to automatically identify weapons in real-time security feeds. He holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

News mentions

SIA announces new board members for 2025

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced its new Board of Directors chair-elect and presented its new and returning members to the SIA Board of Directors on April 1 at The...

Actuate announces closure of Series A funding round to enhance its AI software for smart security cameras

Actuate, the globally renowned provider of automation and intelligence software for smart security camera systems, has announced that it has closed its Series A financing of US$ 8 million to expand th...

Aegis AI announces re-branding of Actuate with advanced AI threat-and intruder-detection features

Aegis AI, a venture capital-backed AI startup, which provides computer vision software to turn any security camera into a threat-detecting smart camera, has announced that it is rebranding as Actuate...

Actuate software detects gun threats and provides real-time alerts

During the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in 2018, the shooter was caught on a security camera pulling his rifle out of a duffle bag in the staircase 15 seconds before discharging the first round....