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Evolv Technology

Business messaging for an AI weapons-detection company

Lead agency
Ideometry
Scope
Business Messaging, Page Architecture, Audience Positioning
On this page
A security guard in a vest marked Security faces a crowd at an entrance, printed in Evolv’s lime

Ideometry ran the project in four sprints, with several teams working from one set of page templates. We joined for the third sprint and carried into the fourth.

Given what was at stake, each word, punctuation, and connotation had to be considered carefully. Misinterpretation was not acceptable and we left nothing to chance.

Evolv’s four products, one job each: concealed, Evolv Express; brandished, Visual Gun Detection; analytics, Evolv Insights; integrations, Open API
Three pages, one structure: College campuses, Cities and International share Hero, Key stats, Outcomes, Products, Resources and Demo, 3 of 19 pages

It's important to address the reason why Evolv exists and the seriousness of it. But as copywriters and strategists, it's equally important to focus on what matters at the end of the day -- security, shorter lines, and faster responses.

At the same time, anything that wasn't defensible was kept out of the copy.

A person walks through security screening lanes, tracked in Evolv’s lime, under the label Evolv Technology, Business messaging
Mass shootings in the US per year, 414 in 2019 to 656 in 2023 (Gun Violence Archive), beside a tracked queue and what the pages lead with: security, shorter lines, faster responses
Absolutes out, defensible words in: six swaps from Evolv’s marketing guidelines, such as Eliminate to reduces and Ensure to provides
An iPhone showing evolv.com’s Cities page: Evolv’s video of a woman speaking, the heading “A Shared Language of Trust and Transparency”, the text “Evolv shares a commitment with city officials to protect people’s privacy…” and a green View Transparency Statement button.
The trust section I wrote for the Cities page, on a phone

Security leaders and executives buy the same platform for different reasons. Evolv's buyer research separated them and so did the messaging across the website.

Dedicated pages for users spoke to their unique needs, experiences, and expectations.

Same platform, different reasons: security leaders care about operations, integration and response; organizational leaders about experience, efficiency and data

Four products and their integrations, presented as a cohesive system designed to work together, covering far more than what individual devices could achieve on their own.

Each product described by what it does for the people at the entrance, detect concealed weapons, identify drawn firearms, alert authorities, and connect with systems already in place.

The platform by location: Visual Gun Detection outside, Evolv Express at the threshold, Evolv Insights inside, and Open API connecting to existing systems
Every headline written to its limit: the Use Cases copy doc, sprint 3, headlines at 38 of 50, 29 of 40 and 36 of 40 characters, and the CTA See It Live
Scrolling Integrations on evolv.com
The card “For Manufacturers” on evolv.com’s Open API page, under its icon: “Our Open API can give you as manufacturers the tools you need to reinforce your user interface by presenting Evolv’s screening data.”
Open API, for manufacturers
The card “For Integrators” on evolv.com’s Open API page, under its icon: “Create powerful, secure integrations with Evolv's advanced AI and sensor suite to help enhance your go-to-market strategy and add value for your customers in the form of new services and features.”
Open API, for integrators

It's not very often agencies are tasked with developing messaging for products that can save lives.

The stakes of this project were obvious from the start and we are grateful to have been part of this project. Thank you to the team at Ideometry for the opportunity, it was a pleasure working with you as always.

4B+ people screened by Evolv Express since its 2019 launch: 1B in Sep 2023, 3B in Sep 2025, 4B+ in Mar 2026, with our work in 2024, beside a tracked crowd