IronNode brings full-site AI safety, security and connectivity to construction — rented, not sold, deployed day one on bare dirt. Built in El Segundo on seven years of patented, field-proven tower hardware. Dual-use for government and first responders.
Flock turned rented AI cameras into $300M+ ARR; LVT rents mobile solar units to ~$126M revenue. Rented, networked AI works.
Software-only jobsite-safety AI is hot — but it needs existing cameras, power and network. None of that exists on a greenfield site.
El Segundo is the hard-tech capital: aerospace supply chain, hardware talent and defense capital make it the place to build dual-use.
A proven model, aimed at the phase no one covers: the bare-dirt jobsite.
SOURCES: MORDOR INTELLIGENCE, NER/NICB, BLS/OSHA (2024–25)
Every jobsite is a multi-tower, multi-month recurring contract. Hardware stays on our balance sheet.
TIER PRICING AND THE FULL MODEL ARE IN THE DECK.
Time-stamped video cuts workers-comp fraud and disputes; deterrence cuts theft before it happens; fewer incidents lower EMR and premiums. The safety budget is a second buyer beyond security.
Patented solar towers bring power and mounts; Starlink/5G/mesh brings connectivity software-only rivals lack; safety models log every hazard to closure. Guards can't scale it, software can't cover a dirt lot.
As the site's safety, security and progress record — with an audit trail insurers and OSHA rely on — IronNode becomes infrastructure, not a line item.
Evaluation program for the Powershift ecosystem validated our designs with a global OEM.
Granted patents on portable tower & power systems; proprietary gas-strut deploy and modular payload bus.
Apollo eTower line sold into sports, events and construction; US distributor network established.
Existing manufacturing and COTS relationships transfer directly to US assembly in El Segundo.
The pivot: the same proven platform, redirected at a recurring-revenue market 10x the size of portable lighting.
Direct pilots with SoCal GCs, then land-and-expand across portfolios with rental and insurance channel partners. Assumes 85% utilization and 70%+ gross margin on SaaS & monitoring.
A founding team of five, an MVP AI-safety platform, a 25+ tower rental fleet, and 5–8 paid construction pilots converted to multi-site contracts — the Seed story, funded through month 18.
Full deck, financial model and pilot pipeline — direct from the founder. Austin Vawter, El Segundo, CA.