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Rick Smith

CEO and Co-Founder of Axon Enterprise since 1993
Tracked because CEO and Co-Founder of Axon Enterprise since 1993 · 5 documented connections
Facts on record7
Connections mapped5
Sources cited14
Evidence: 2P 1S 4I
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
[PUBLIC COST ESTIMATE]
Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 1 elected official holds documented connections.
0Money Chains
0Traced Hops
Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing
Rick Smith filed a filing with the SEC on 2015-10-09. Accession number: N/A.
→ Steve Scalise elected official
donor
Smith donated $25,000 to Scalise Leadership Fund in 2024
Facts (7)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 158d ago · Avg age: 1417d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (3)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Rick Smith filed filing with the SEC on 2015-10-09. Accession number: N/A.
✓ verified Primary Source Rick Smith received $164.53 million in total yearly compensation as of 2026, comprised of 0.02% salary and 100% bonuses
✓ verified Primary Source Patrick Smith donated $25,000 to the Scalise Leadership Fund in 2024
Date: 2024-01-01 Added: 13 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: OpenSecrets campaign finance records
All Connections (5)
→ Steve Scalise elected official
donor confirmed
Smith donated $25,000 to Scalise Leadership Fund in 2024
→ Scalise Leadership Fund organization
donation inferential since 2024
Patrick Smith donated $25,000 to the Scalise Leadership Fund in 2024. Note: 'Patrick Smith' is a different name than 'Rick Smith'; this connection is listed due to shared surname and proximity in data, but may not refer to the same individual.
→ Securities and Exchange Commission government agency
regulatory_filing primary since 2015
Rick Smith filed a filing with the SEC on 2015-10-09. Accession number: N/A.
← Rialto Police Department government agency
technology_provider inferential since 2010s
Axon Enterprise (led by Rick Smith) provides body-worn cameras and related technology to police departments, including Rialto Police Department which has been documented in body camera studies
contractor inferential since 2020
Rick Smith is associated with Axon Enterprise, which provides body-worn cameras and other law enforcement technology that would be used by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
Sources (14)
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Rick Smith not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Rick Smith — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Rick Smith — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Rick Smith — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Rick Smith — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2024-01-01 ↗ OpenSecrets campaign finance records web_search Processed 📜 Receipt