Innovators in Property Risk Management
Our sensor technology reimagines what’s possible after an earthquake strikes. We’re helping organizations across the globe increase safety and financial resilience with enhanced data for better property risk management.
Better Property Risk Management for All
Before the 1970s, smoke detectors weren’t commonly found in homes—until they became accessible, affordable, and simple to install. At Safehub, we’re driving a similar transformation in how buildings are monitored for earthquake risk. Our low-cost, plug-and-play sensors make it possible to bring near real-time damage monitoring to scale across buildings and assets of all types, in any location.
Our mission is to make earthquake damage monitoring simple, affordable, and scalable—transforming the way organizations handle post-earthquake response, insurance claims, and risk modeling.
By enabling faster decisions, more precise insurance payouts, and improved emergency planning, we are helping to create a safer, more resilient future—one building at a time.
Engineered for Reliability; Tested for Accuracy
Safehub sensors have been independently tested by leading universities, including UC San Diego and UC Berkeley, and proven to deliver accurate seismic data in rigorous shake table experiments on both steel and wood structures. These results validate the reliability of Safehub’s technology for real-world earthquake monitoring and parametric insurance applications.
Safehub also partners with organizations like the Global Earthquake Model (GEM), and continuously collaborates with industry leaders to ensure our sensors meet the highest standards.
“The measurements are nearly identical within the range most important to most civil infrastructure…Overall we also observed that the wireless sensors are simple to attach and robust to remove and reattached, while retaining power for several days in the outdoor environment.” – Dr. Tara Hutchinson, P.E., PhD, Professor at UCSD
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Our Story
Having spent his career consulting as a structural engineer, Andy Thompson grew frustrated by the standard of only increasing the resiliency of “important” buildings and leaving all the other buildings open to unnecessary risk. Through his work in post-disaster response in Chile, Haiti, Japan, India, the United States, and many other countries, Andy saw firsthand the need for improved building damage information after disasters, both on the ground and on the other side of the world at company headquarters.
But the idea for Safehub’s technology was sparked from one simple moment. Andy realized his used car had 67 sensors, yet the earthquake-exposed building he occupied had 0 sensors for structural integrity.
On a mission to create a safer and more resilient future for everyone, Andy cofounded Safehub with the hopes of combining sensors, the Internet of Things (IoT), and data analytics to help increase safety and resilience for every building exposed to disaster.
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