AITX's RAD Earns Top Honors at 2025 SIA NPS Awards for New Speaking Autonomous Responsive Agent (SARA(TM))

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Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions (AITX) has achieved significant recognition at the 2025 Security Industry Association (SIA) New Products and Solutions Awards. The company's subsidiary, Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD), received two prestigious awards for their Speaking Autonomous Responsive Agent (SARA) platform.

SARA earned the Judges' Choice Award and won the Threat Detection and Response Solutions category at ISC West. This AI-powered incident response platform provides intelligent automation for security management, featuring real-time event evaluation, verbal engagement, and alert escalation capabilities.

The awards announcement follows RAD's integration agreement with Immix, enabling global monitoring centers to utilize SARA's AI-powered response automation. This collaboration is expected to accelerate SARA's adoption across various environments.

RAD's technology aims to reduce security costs by 35-80% compared to traditional manned security services, targeting the $50 billion security and guarding services industry. The company maintains a prospective sales pipeline including over 35 Fortune 500 companies.

SARA Receives Overall Judges' Choice Honors Plus Best in Threat Detection and Response Solutions at ISC West

Detroit, Michigan--(Newsfile Corp. - April 4, 2025) - Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc., (OTC Pink: AITX), today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc., (RAD), has received two major awards at the 2025 Security Industry Association (SIA) New Products and Solutions (NPS) Awards. SARA™, RAD's AI-powered incident response platform, earned the prestigious Judges' Choice Award and was also selected as the winner in the Threat Detection and Response Solutions category. Both honors were presented on the ISC West show floor during an April 2 ceremony.

AITX and RAD CEO, Steve Reinharz (center) and Mark Folmer, CPP, PSP, RAD President (left) accept the SIA NPS Judges' Choice Award for SARA

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"We are tremendously honored to have SARA recognized by the SIA NPS judges with both the Judges' Choice Award and category win," said Steve Reinharz, CEO/CTO of AITX and RAD. "These awards are somewhat our industry's equivalent to the Grammys or Oscars, and it feels like we just won Best Album or Best Picture of the year. SARA is designed to meet the increasing demand for intelligent, proactive solutions that elevate security while streamlining operations. These awards will potentially help accelerate industry adoption and AITX growth."

SARA, which stands for Speaking Autonomous Responsive Agent, is RAD's AI-powered platform designed to manage and escalate security incidents in real time. Developed to work seamlessly across RAD's ecosystem of devices and monitoring systems, SARA provides an intelligent layer of automation that instantly evaluates events and initiates appropriate actions, including verbal engagement, alert escalation, and live video streaming. With its ability to respond to a wide range of security triggers, SARA significantly enhances situational awareness and operational efficiency while reducing the need for constant human oversight.

AITX and RAD CEO, Steve Reinharz (center) and Tony Taylor, RAD COO (left) accept the SIA NPS Threat Detection and Response Solutions award for SARA

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This recognition comes just one day after RAD announced its integration agreement with Immix®, a global leader in central station automation software. The collaboration will incorporate SARA into Immix's platform, enabling monitoring centers worldwide to benefit from AI-powered response automation. The integration is expected to accelerate SARA's adoption across commercial, residential, and enterprise environments, reinforcing its position as a transformative force in the remote monitoring industry.

"SARA is more than a product, it's the intelligence engine behind our entire ecosystem," added Reinharz. "It represents years of focused development and is central to how we're redefining security. From frontline deterrence to real-time response and reporting, SARA is enabling RAD to deliver measurable value to clients while driving recurring revenue and long-term growth for the Company."

"SIA congratulates the winners of the 2025 SIA NPS Awards," said SIA CEO Don Erickson. "Each year, NPS presents the most cutting-edge products available on the market today, and our judges' dedication, support and thorough consideration are invaluable in maintaining it as the most trusted awards program for launching new security technology solutions."

"This year's SIA NPS program has had another fantastic year with amazing new products and solutions presented to our judging panels," said Christine Bergeron, chair of the SIA NPS Awards Committee and senior director of global physical security technology at Visa. "Thank you to our expert judges and committee members for your dedication to the program and lending your expertise and valuable time to contribute to a successful 2025 SIA NPS program."

"The SIA NPS Awards are a renowned global platform for highlighting new offerings each year, and earning recognition is an impressive accomplishment," said Elisa Mula, vice chair of the SIA NPS Awards Committee and founder and protection management specialist at EM Designs. "SIA applauds this year's winners, who impressed our judges after an extensive process of tech demonstrations and panel-driven judging."

Since its inception in 1979, SIA NPS has been the security industry's premier product awards program. New products are reviewed by a panel of judges with extensive industry experience, and in 2025, following significant deliberations, the 38 judges presented awards for technologies covering 33 product and service categories. View the full list of SIA NPS award winners here.

AITX, through its subsidiary, Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. (RAD), is redefining the nearly $50 billion (US) security and guarding services industryⁱ through its broad lineup of innovative, AI-driven Solutions-as-a-Service business model. RAD solutions are specifically designed to provide cost savings to businesses of between 35%-80% when compared to the industry's existing and costly manned security guarding and monitoring model. RAD delivers these tremendous cost savings via a suite of stationary and mobile robotic solutions that complement, and at times, directly replace the need for human personnel in environments better suited for machines. All RAD technologies, AI-based analytics and software platforms are developed in-house.

RAD has a prospective sales pipeline of over 35 Fortune 500 companies and numerous other client opportunities. RAD expects to continue to attract new business as it converts its existing sales opportunities into deployed clients generating a recurring revenue stream. Each Fortune 500 client has the potential of making numerous reorders over time.

About Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions (AITX)

AITX is an innovator in the delivery of artificial intelligence-based solutions that empower organizations to gain new insight, solve complex challenges and fuel new business ideas. Through its next-generation robotic product offerings, AITX's RAD, RAD-R, RAD-M and RAD-G companies help organizations streamline operations, increase ROI, and strengthen business. AITX technology improves the simplicity and economics of patrolling and guard services and allows experienced personnel to focus on more strategic tasks. Customers augment the capabilities of existing staff and gain higher levels of situational awareness, all at drastically reduced cost. AITX solutions are well suited for use in multiple industries such as enterprises, government, transportation, critical infrastructure, education, and healthcare. To learn more, visit www.aitx.ai, www.radsecurity.com, www.stevereinharz.com, www.radgroup.ai, www.raddog.ai, and www.radlightmyway.com, or follow Steve Reinharz on Twitter @SteveReinharz.

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FAQ

What awards did AITX's SARA platform win at the 2025 SIA NPS Awards?

SARA won two awards at the 2025 SIA NPS Awards: the prestigious Judges' Choice Award and Best in Threat Detection and Response Solutions category at ISC West.

How does SARA technology reduce security costs for AITX clients?

SARA's AI-powered automation helps businesses achieve cost savings of 35-80% compared to traditional manned security services by reducing the need for constant human oversight.

What is the significance of AITX's integration with Immix in 2025?

The integration allows monitoring centers worldwide to access SARA's AI-powered response automation through Immix's platform, potentially accelerating adoption across commercial, residential, and enterprise environments.

What is AITX's current market potential based on their sales pipeline?

AITX has a prospective sales pipeline including over 35 Fortune 500 companies, with each client having potential for multiple reorders generating recurring revenue.

What are the key features of AITX's SARA platform?

SARA provides real-time security incident management, verbal engagement capabilities, alert escalation, live video streaming, and intelligent automation across RAD's ecosystem of devices and monitoring systems.