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Conversation with Wall Street Analyzer – March 16, 2026

Steve Reinharz operates from a 30,000-square-foot facility outside Detroit, where robots take shape and artificial intelligence learns to replace what humans have done for decades. The place hums with

Steve Reinharz: Inside One Founder’s Approach To AI-Driven Security Systems

Steve Reinharz operates from a 30,000-square-foot facility outside Detroit, where robots take shape and artificial intelligence learns to replace what humans have done for decades. The place hums with

From Coders to Conductors: Changing Role of Software Engineers in the AI Era

Steve Reinharz operates from a 30,000-square-foot facility outside Detroit, where robots take shape and artificial intelligence learns to replace what humans have done for decades. The place hums with

Winners Bet on the Future, Losers Defend the Past

By Steve Reinharz, CEO/CTO and founder Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions ($AITX) Every technological wave has drawn a hard line between winners and losers. The personal computer, the intern

Looking Back on the Pre-AI Era of Security Monitoring

By Steve Reinharz, CEO/CTO and founder Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions ($AITX) Someday, we will look back at the way security monitoring used to be and wonder how it ever made […]

Prosperous AI Companies Are Built by Bold Founders, Not the Timid

By Steve Reinharz, CEO/CTO and founder Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions ($AITX) Starting an AI company from nothing is not the same as launching a traditional business. It requires more th

Bailey’s Promise: Removing Barriers to School Firearm Detection Once and For All

Bailey’s Promise: Removing Barriers to School Firearm Detection Once and For All Since the Columbine tragedy in 1999, more than 311,000 U.S. students have personally experienced gun violence while at

AI Isn’t the Enemy. Standing Still Is.

By Steve Reinharz, CEO/CTO and founder Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions ($AITX) – August 20, 2025 A recent Reuters/Ipsos poll revealed that 71 percent of Americans fear artificial intellig

AITX’s Steve Reinharz Issues Op-Ed to Reuters Declaring “AI Isn’t the Enemy. Standing Still Is.”

Reinharz Responds to Fears of Job Displacement, Urges Business Leaders and Consumers to Embrace AI’s Acceleration Detroit, Michigan, August 21, 2025 – Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc

AI Won’t Take Your Job, But Someone Using AI Will

By Steve Reinharz, CEO/CTO and founder Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions ($AITX) Everywhere I go, I hear the same fear: “AI is coming for my job.” Let’s get this out of […]

Logos Spark Protests, Shootings Spark Silence

By Steve Reinharz, CEO/CTO and founder Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions ($AITX) “If the public outrage we all witnessed over a restaurant logo made an impact like it did, why can’t […]

Steve Reinharz Shares His Top 5 Predictions for the Future of AI and Security

Industry Leader Outlines Key Trends Driving Security Transformation in 2026 and Beyond Detroit, Michigan, June 18, 2025 — Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTCPK:AITX

Steve Reinharz: A Compassionate Force Behind "Z's Hearts For Heros"

Steve Reinharz, the founder and CEO of AITX and RAD, serves as Special Advisor to Z's Hearts For Heros — an initiative providing support for community helpers including firefighters, police officers, EMS personnel, and military servicemembers.

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Farewell to Blue Light Towers: How RAD’s AI is Transforming University Security

In the pursuit of providing optimal safety for their students, university campuses have long relied on blue light emergency systems. However, these traditional systems come with significant limitation

RAD CEO Steve Reinharz to Moderate SIA Event: Selling New Technology Internally

The Security Industry Association (SIA) Autonomous Solutions Working Group is pleased to present the third in a series of free virtual town hall events focusing on key artificial intelligence (AI) […]

Arm Our Schools with Updated Security Technology – Now.

By Steve Reinharz, AITX CEO, Founder and CEO of Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. Since Columbine, the number of U.S. students who have personally experienced gun violence while at school exceeds […]

Steve Reinharz CEO of AITX Speaks to Hard Work

Steve Reinharz AITX CEO On Inevitability – From Times Square

From Swamp to Swimming Hole; Let’s Transform the OTC Market

By Steve Reinharz, AITX CEO, Founder and CEO of Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. “Know what you own.” It’s one of the few mantras among OTC traders that I whole-heartedly endorse. […]

What’s the Secret Sauce Driving RAD’S Success? A Heavy Dollop of EQ

An essay by RAD’s Founder and President Steve Reinharz I am hardly an impartial judge, but in my not-so-humble opinion, RAD is nailing it. We’re pushing the envelope in the […]

AITX & RAD CEO Steve Reinharz Warns Security Industry: AI Changes Everything

A(TX and RAD CEO/CTO and founder Steve Reinharz presenting at the University of British Columbia’s UBC Security Forum in Vancouver. Speaking to an audience of security professionals, guarding operators, integrators, monitoring personnel, and law enforcement related attendees, Reinharz discusses how AI is reshaping the physical security industry, from monitoring workflows to guard response and operational scalability. The presentation focuses on broader industry transformation, emerging opportunities for security providers, and how AI driven automation may fundamentally change the economics and delivery of security services over the coming years