Israeli company Carbyne is being acquired for $625 million in cash by Axon, the U.S. public safety technology company, in one of the largest security exits from Israel in recent years.
Carbyne has developed an AI-powered emergency communications and response platform used by hundreds of public safety agencies and organizations worldwide. The deal comes just three months after Axon led Carbyne’s $100 million funding round.
Axon, traded on Nasdaq with a market capitalization of $56 billion, is best known for its Tasers and body camera systems widely deployed by police and first responders.
Investors in Carbyne’s round in July also included AT&T Ventures, Cox Enterprises, Global Medical Response, Hanaco Growth, Hercules Capital, RCM Private Markets Fund, and SVB. The company has raised around $200 million to date
Carbyne was founded in April 2015 by Amir Elichai (CEO), Alex Dizengoff (CTO), Yony Yatsun, and Lital Leshem (who has not been active in the company since 2017). The company employs 230 people, with around 80 based at its development center in Israel.
Carbyne reports that its technology is deployed in nearly 300 emergency centers worldwide, including in 23 U.S. states and six additional countries. More than 7,000 dispatchers globally are using Carbyne’s platform.
Carbyne’s cloud-based technologies allow emergency dispatch centers and first-responder organizations to connect with callers and internet-enabled devices via highly secure communication channels, without the need for a dedicated app. Its services are currently used by numerous 911 centers across the United States, including in Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, as well as in Mexico, Colombia, and by the emergency response firm Global Medical Response.
In Israel, clients include the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem municipalities and the emergency services organization United Hatzalah. Carbyne is headquartered in New York, with R&D and sales operations in Tel Aviv, Mexico, India, and Ukraine.
“Carbyne was created to modernize how help arrives, by giving emergency professionals the clarity, resilience, and confidence they need in critical moments,” said Elichai, Carbyne’s CEO. “Joining Axon allows us to scale that mission globally and integrate more deeply into the broader public safety ecosystem.”
Axon said the combined capabilities will allow emergency services to access data and intelligence from the very start of an incident, connecting 911 operators, field officers, and evidence management systems in a continuous digital chain. Together, the companies aim to create the most connected and intelligent 911 platform ever deployed, one that “transforms a call for help into the first moment of intelligence,” according to Rick Smith, Axon’s founder and CEO.
The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
“Every year, more than 240 million 911 calls are made in the U.S., and in too many cases, vital information is lost between the call and the response,” said 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.”