'I was the demolition man': Ring founder reflects on how he almost destroyed the company

""When I left, I felt like Ring had gotten to a place where it was linear innovation," he says. But new features like Search Party, an AI-powered tool that can search your neighbors' Ring camera footage for lost dogs, are the type of innovations he always dreamt of but couldn't execute. "Now, with AI, we can," he says. While research suggests that today's video doorbells do little to prevent crime, Siminoff believes that with enough cameras and with AI, Ring could eliminate most of it."

""I think that in most normal, average neighborhoods, with the right amount of technology - not too crazy - and with AI, that we can get very close to zero out crime. Get much closer to the mission than I ever thought," he says. "By the way, I don't think it's 10 years away. That's in 12 to 24 months ... maybe even within a year.""

"Siminoff is bringing those back and adding new ones through its community request tool that allows local police to ask Ring users for their video footage. Siminoff brushes off the controversy surrounding the tool. "I believe very deeply that we have a world where you can have technology make you more secure while also keeping your privacy in your control. I think that the two can coexist," he says."

Jamie Siminoff returned to Ring with renewed focus on the mission to make neighborhoods safer. He sees new AI features like Search Party as the innovations he previously couldn't execute. He believes widespread cameras plus AI could eliminate most neighborhood crime within 12 to 24 months. He is restoring and expanding partnerships with law enforcement through a community request tool that lets police request user footage. He asserts that privacy control can coexist with technology that increases security and downplays controversy over police access.

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