President, Axon Enterprise
Search every verified Joshua Isner interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Josh Isner, president of Axon, discussed the company’s role in providing public safety technology for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and highlighted a 300% quarter-over-quarter increase in its counter-drone business during a June 2026 podcast interview. Isner described Axon as “the operating system of public safety” and noted that the company’s data cloud now holds 50 times the content of the Netflix library. He also addressed privacy concerns by stating that Axon focuses on responsible implementation through advisory councils. Isner noted that Axon has seen 25% growth for seven consecutive years and emphasized financial discipline in research and development spending. In June 2026, Isner increased a corporate matching donation for St. Mary’s Food Bank in Arizona from $50,000 to $75,000, matching donations made during a radio station’s hunger relief drive. He expressed that hunger is a “very solvable problem” and encouraged community contributions. During Axon’s Q1 2026 earnings call, Isner noted the company achieved over $7 billion in full-year 2025 bookings, up more than 40% year-over-year, and described the sales team as “mentally tough,” adding that “pressure is a privilege.” On the call, he also discussed partnerships with drone manufacturer SkyO and outlined plans to integrate AI into 911 dispatch systems, including a new product called “Prepared” that can autonomously handle up to half of non-critical emergency calls.
“We just closed the year with revenue in excess of $2 billion. That's nearly double the revenue we reported only two years ago and it marks our third consecutive year of growing over 30%.”
“We updated our TAM and as Rick mentioned, we believe our investments around AI, real-time operations, and drones and robotics roughly doubles our overall opportunity set. We're seeing early signs in our product bookings to support that outlook.”
“We're here to win, Don. Like that's why we're in business. It's like we want to accomplish our mission and the only way we can do that is by winning every day. Winning against our competition, winning on behalf of our customers. We're a very, very competitive group. And ultimately, if we're not trying to win, what are...”
“It's the ability to focus on your job to help the team win. Do your job. It's at the moments where it's noisiest, reminding yourself what you have to do to help your team win.”
“We view ourselves as the operating system of public safety. Essentially a network of software, sensors, AI, and people that drive outcomes in the public safety space and beyond that that people value and care about whether you're a police officer or a community member or anyone else. We want to make sure everyone goes...”
“We've come out with the AI era plan to go on top of that offering. And that's $200 a month. It unlocks an agency to every AI tool we build for police. And so when you put those together, we've essentially have the opportunity to take our ARPO up about 50% by delivering these tools to police.”
“We treat every single dollar seriously. I look at all of our open roles. I approve our net new headcount. I approve our budget and go through it line by line and we want to run a business where we can do a lot of stuff in R&D but to be able to do that we have to have extreme discipline in SGNA and in capex.”
“We've been growing by 30 plus% for three straight years. We've been growing by 25% for 7 years now. Our profit margins are expanding. We put our heads down and we just do the right thing for the long term of the business every day.”
“I'm happy to match donations up to $50,000.”
“We'll do the same deal as last year, but we'll up it to 75 grand. Stop it. If you guys raise 75, we will match it. Let's feed a bunch of people.”
“It's crazy to say that in this day and age that people go hungry and it feels like a very solvable problem. So, ultimately, certainly, sad to see and hopefully everybody can chip in and play a part in minimizing or hopefully eradicating this one for all here.”
“I appreciate all the kind words about Axon, but coming out of Memorial Day and so forth, let's remember all our customers. They're really the reason that our products make a difference is the people who use them or are there to keep people safe and want everyone to go home safe. So, big shout-out to all the first respo...”
“AI bookings were up 140% versus Q1 last year, and we are seeing AI move from early interest to a standard part of how large agencies think about their future technology stack.”
“D-Drone, our counter-drone business, is scaling beyond our most aggressive assumptions. Bookings are up 500% year-over-year, and we are continuing to see rising demand.”
“Our goal here is to build an ecosystem with many partners bringing together millions of cameras from any provider to solve crimes. This is one of the most ambitious things we've ever done at Axon because of the massive scale.”
⛳ Josh Isner has never blown a whistle in practice or made a substitution on the field. But the President of Axon — the $45 billion public safety company behind body cameras and life-saving technology protecting law enforcement across the country — is part of Bill Belichick's coaching tree. For Josh, Belichick wasn't just an admired figure. He was a mentor Josh sought out deliberately and learned from directly. What Belichick told him about mental toughness, blocking out noise, and doing your job when it's loudest became the operating system behind one of the fastest-growing companies in Amer…
Episode 201: Today, Ann welcomes Josh Isner, President of Axon - the public safety technology company originally known for the TASER and now behind body cameras, drones, counter-drone technology and AI-powered dispatch. Josh walks us through Axon's role in securing the FIFA World Cup, the explosive growth of its counter-drone business - up 300% last quarter - and what privacy issues come with the scale of a company whose data cloud now holds fifty times the content of the Netflix library. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introducing Josh Isner, President of Axon 00:55 Visit Public.com/brewmarkets 01:37 Josh…
Axon President Josh Isner increases St. Mary’s Food Bank match to $75,000 on Outspoken with Bruce & Gaydos. The show is currently doing a donation drive called Outspoken Against Hunger. Isner previously donated during the 2025 drive. Subscribe to the KTAR Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/45MmM3G Read articles from KTAR News: https://ktar.com/ Download the KTAR app: https://ktar.com/the-ktar-newstalk-app/ Sign up for texts from KTAR: https://bit.ly/3EoCmGV Listen live to KTAR: https://ktar.com/listen-to-ktar-92-3-... Watch live: ktar.com/watch-live KTAR SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: / ktarn…
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