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About VOLT

Let school be about school.

We help the cameras schools and communities already have notice when someone needs help, and a trained person checks every alert before it reaches the people who can help.

Care first A person checks every alert No facial recognition Works with existing cameras
Students racing across a sunny school field while classmates cheer from the sideline
Field day, cheered on
Elementary students eagerly raising their hands in a bright, sunlit classroom

Why we exist

Care first. Technology second.

A student alone in a hallway with an asthma attack. A scuffle that’s about to become something worse. A visitor somewhere they shouldn’t be after hours. These moments happen every day, and staff can’t be everywhere.

VOLT gives schools and campuses a second set of caring eyes, with people, not software, deciding what needs attention.

Our story

Built with schools, for the moments that matter.

A few milestones along the way.

  1. 2019

    VOLT is founded

    VOLT, Inc. starts building technology that helps schools notice when someone needs help.

  2. First schools

    Verified alerts go live

    Schools begin receiving alerts checked by a trained person.

  3. GSA

    GSA contract awarded

    Contract 47QTCA25D008G makes buying simpler for public agencies.

  4. July 2026

    CENTEGIX partnership

    Connecting video alerts with classroom safety wearables.

By the numbers

What schools ask about first.

A few quick facts about VOLT.

200+

camera brands supported

Over RTSP, no new cameras for most schools

< 2 weeks

from first conversations to a live system

Robinson ISD, Texas

$45

starting price per camera stream per month for K-12

Published pricing

What we believe

How we work.

Four values that shape every decision we make.

Customer centric

We start with the nurse, the principal and the family, not the feature list.

Move fast

Schools can’t wait a year. Most go live in weeks.

Build the impossible

Hard problems, solved carefully.

Be direct

Plain answers about what VOLT does and doesn’t do.

Our boundaries

Lines we don’t cross.

Clear commitments about how VOLT works.

No facial recognition Behaviors, not identities Shared spaces you choose A person checks every alert

Leadership

The team accountable for VOLT.

People who answer for how VOLT works in your schools.

  • Dmitry Sokolowski

    Co-Founder & CEO

    Engineering leader at Apple, Meta, Uber and Amazon, building systems where reliability isn’t optional.

  • Egor Olteanu

    Co-Founder & COO

    U.S. Army veteran, then moonshot R&D at Google X, bringing operational discipline to how VOLT runs.

Advisors

Guided by experienced advisors.

Leaders in public safety, security, education and technology.

  • John Chell

    Former Chief of Department, NYPD

  • Mike Matranga

    CEO, M6 Global Defense

  • Mike Shetler

    President, SAAG

  • Joe Sullivan

    Former CSO, Cloudflare, Uber and Meta

  • Adrian Aoun

    Founder & CEO, Forward Health

  • Mike Cassidy

    CEO, D-Orbit USA

  • Bill Hansen

    Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education

  • Jim Horne

    Former Florida Commissioner of Education

  • Brent Coleman

    Georgia education advisor

Backed by and featured in

In good company.

Investors who back our mission, and outlets that have covered our work.

Trusted by schools and campuses across the country

Public K–12

  • Loudoun County Public Schools
  • Fulton County Schools
  • Oakland Unified School District
  • Chesapeake Public Schools
  • Birdville ISD

Private & charter K–12

  • Mater Dei
  • The Wellington School
  • Aspen Academy
  • Magen David Yeshivah
  • KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools

Higher Education

  • University of Chicago
  • University of Tennessee
  • University of Illinois Chicago
  • UC Law San Francisco
  • Nevada State University

Backed by

  • Toshiba
  • Abstract Ventures
  • Buckley Ventures
  • Tishman

In the news

  • The Washington Post
  • ABC7 (WJLA)
  • Security Systems News
  • Facilities Dive
  • Forbes Technology Council (contributed)

See VOLT at your school.

A friendly walkthrough on your cameras, with the team that builds VOLT.

No commitment · About 30 minutes