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Surveillance Company Rebrands After Report of Former CEO’s KKK Ties
After a OneZero report detailing Banjo founder Damien Patton’s childhood ties to the Ku Klux Klan, the surveillance company is changing its name.
The new company, called safeXai, is registered to the same address as Banjo and has the founder and ex-CEO Patton listed on all historical business documents.
Patton, who says he severed connections to the KKK group decades ago, remains a minority shareholder at the company.
“Damien resigned in May 2020 and is not an officer, board member, or affiliated in any way with the day-to-day operations of safeXai,” the new company’s chief strategy officer told OneZero.
However, it’s unknown what kind of technology the company is now building. Its website says the company is focused on “reducing the impact of dislocations or events that disrupt the safety of an environment.”
Okay, sure.
