Israeli-founded startup Carbyne, the developer of an AI-based emergency communication response software system, is being snapped up by US public safety tech firm Axon in a deal worth $625 million, Axon said in a statement late Tuesday.

Merging location services, live video chat, incident mapping, and AI-powered communication tools into a single dashboard, Carbyne’s cloud-based platform feeds real-time information to law enforcement agencies and 911 call responders.

“Every year, more than 240 million 911 calls are made in the US, and in too many cases, vital information is lost between the call and the response,” said Axon founder and CEO Rick Smith. “By uniting Axon’s 30-year legacy of innovation with Carbyne’s cloud-based call management platform, we’re closing that gap, giving call takers and dispatchers instant visibility and connecting them directly to officers in the field.”

Nasdaq-traded Axon, formerly known as Taser, has a market value of almost $57 billion and is a major provider of police body cameras, sensors, and other public safety devices, including fixed and in-car cameras, drones, and robotics.

Carbyne was founded in 2015 by CEO Amir Elichai, CTO Alex Dizengoff,........

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