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Safety Radar Recognized by Oklahoma Venture Forum as 2025 Most Promising New Venture
AI‑driven Live Risk Platform judged Oklahoma’s top emerging company for innovation and impact
TULSA, Okla. — Safety Radar, whose AI‑driven Live Risk Platform converts frontline safety inputs into immediate, actionable safety intelligence, captured the title of 2025 Most Promising New Venture at the the Oklahoma Venture Forum’s (OVF) on Thursday. OVF revealed the winner during its 24th Annual Awards Luncheon at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City, where Oklahoma’s investors, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders convened to celebrate Oklahoma’s highest‑impact technology companies.
“Front‑line workers capture the best safety data in the world—if we can surface it quickly enough to act,” said Garrison Haning, a West Point graduate, combat veteran, and Safety Radar’s CEO. “Receiving OVF’s top startup award affirms that our technology is cutting costs, saving time, and—most critically—protecting lives. This recognition gives us momentum to extend our reach from Oklahoma across industries nationwide.”
Safety Radar was co-founded by Garrison Haning and Matt Weis in 2023 to free essential safety information locked inside PDFs and isolated databases. The Tulsa‑headquartered company, supported by Rose Rock Bridge and Energy Innovation Capital with an engineering presence in Denver and Charlotte, now safeguards workforces at Fortune 500 and mid‑market firms in energy, aerospace, construction, manufacturing, and logistics.
In customer deployments, Safety Radar’s mobile‑first platform has driven a 400 percent increase in safety engagement, analyzing over 350,000 reports against hundreds of risk factors in under 60 seconds each, and rolled out to entire enterprises in just 10 days—results that have helped some clients achieve zero recordable injuries (DART, TRIR, LTIR). The solution integrates seamlessly with legacy forms and EHS systems, meets SOC 2 security standards, and is backed by a highly-responsive, support team.
With OVF’s highest honor and mounting industry adoption, Safety Radar is set to scale its real‑time risk intelligence nationwide—advancing a safer, more efficient future for frontline teams everywhere.
About OVF:
Founded in 1987, the Oklahoma Venture Forum connects entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders through networking, education, and advocacy to drive innovation and economic growth across the state. More information is available at www.ovf.org.
About Safety Radar:
Safety Radar is the first AI platform to collect, analyze, and communicate workplace hazards in real time, giving safety and operations teams total risk visibility and actionable insights. The Live Risk Platform integrates with existing tools, instantly evaluates every report against risk and severity factors, and highlights causal trends, training gaps, and operational blind spots—helping organizations protect their people, assets, and the environment.
Safety Radar Awarded $380K Industry Innovation Grant by State of Oklahoma
Tulsa-based startup is an AI-driven risk management platform
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa-based startup, Safety Radar, an AI-driven platform that helps organizations manage operational risk by quickly identifying and addressing potential hazards to protect employees, assets, and reputations, has been awarded a $380,000 Industry Innovation Grant. Safety Radar provides a comprehensive approach to risk management, offering real-time data collection and analysis to transform workplace safety practices.
The grant was awarded by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) after a highly competitive process that drew companies from across the state to apply. Over 70 companies applied for the Industry Innovation grant, and Safety Radar was rated in the top eight applicants.
“Investing in safety is good for humanity, and great for business. Nearly one quarter of American workers are employed in a hazardous industry, like energy, manufacturing, and construction. Keeping those people safe is a mission that deserves our best technology and effort,” said Safety Radar’s CEO, Garrison Haning. “This Industry Innovation Grant is a tremendous accomplishment for the team and will be a great investment for Oklahoma. Supporting cutting edge technology in such an important market is what sets our state apart from other states; leaning into the frontier, both geographically and technologically, is in Oklahoma’s DNA.”
It is estimated that a workplace injury occurs every six seconds with workplace injuries estimated to cost more than $160 billion annually. Safety Radar’s Live Risk Platform utilizes advanced AI technology to analyze a company’s data allowing less time spent reading reports and more time addressing risks and keeping employees safe.
Safety Radar is a successful spin out from Tulsa-based nonprofit startup incubator Rose Rock Bridge, and subsequently completing a venture backed fundraising round led by Energy Innovation Capital, with Helmerich & Payne Corporate Ventures, Cortado Ventures, and Denver Angels DA Ventures. Based in Tulsa and Denver, Safety Radar has continued to scale up and make an impact in the regional community, growing its local high tech workforce and serving multiple Fortune 500 companies and privately held organizations.
About OCAST:
Innovation matters in Oklahoma. Oklahomans have a rich history of innovating in times of disruption. And today is one of those moments. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) is the state's agency for technology-based economic development. By focusing on Oklahoma's high-growth sectors in aerospace and autonomous systems, bioscience and biotechnology, and energy diversification, OCAST is well-positioned to drive exciting new opportunities for the state. For more information, visit https://oklahoma.gov/ocast
About Safety Radar:
Safety Radar is the first AI platform to collect, analyze, and communicate hazards and make workplaces safer through risk tracking and training. Safety Radar’s AI approach to risk management and mitigation enables organizations to quickly identify and address potential risks, protecting their employees, assets, and reputation.
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