Today, it was announced that
@EniacVC portfolio company
@call_hyper has been acquired by Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI).
@8ENs previously co-founded Clearco, which reached a $2B valuation and became one of Canada's most prominent fintech unicorns. He also ran for federal office in Canada — against the same Congressman he used to bring water to as a teenage Page in the Canadian House of Representatives back in 2001. His co-founder
@DamianMcCabe built and scaled Connected to 200 people before ThoughtWorks acquired it, after product leadership roles at Xtremelabs (part of the original
@sundeep and
@avarma mafia!), Uber, Meta, and Instagram.
But what made us say yes wasn't the resume — it was the mission. Ben wanted to be a cop as a kid. He literally had his mom sew yellow stripes on navy sweatpants so he could wear the uniform. His whole career has been building at the intersection of tech and public safety. When he read that his hometown was looking to use AI to reduce 911 wait times, he dropped everything. That's founder-market fit you can't fake.
From a cobbled-together prototype in fall 2023, to their first live 911 call in December 2024, to being acquired by the global leader in public safety communications — in under 3 years.
Hyper's voice AI handles up to 75% of non-emergency 911 calls autonomously, reclaiming capacity for real emergencies at a time when most PSAPs are staffed at only 75%. Now that technology will reach every corner of the country through Motorola's Command Center portfolio.
Congrats Ben Sanders, Damian McCabe, and the entire Hyper team. You built something that literally saves lives. Proud to have had your backs from day one and (after you take a weekend off), very excited for your next chapter! 🚀
PS- thank you
@boardyai for the original introduction to Ben!