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.
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.
2019
VOLT is founded
VOLT, Inc. starts building technology that helps schools notice when someone needs help.
First schools
Verified alerts go live
Schools begin receiving alerts checked by a trained person.
GSA
GSA contract awarded
Contract 47QTCA25D008G makes buying simpler for public agencies.
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.
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