Our Investment in Aslan Protects

The Signal Before the Siren

We’re living in a time when public safety is being redefined in real time.

Acts of violence are more insidious, more unpredictable, and happening with a frequency that feels unrelenting. The tools we have — from camera-based detection systems to policy debates — are mostly reactive, built to respond after the fact.

But what if we could intervene before the sirens ever sound?

That’s the bet Chase Reid and Ansel Tessier are making with Aslan Protects.

The Founders

Friends since high school, Chase (CEO) and Ansel (CTO) have been collaborating for over a decade. Chase is a force — visionary, mission-driven, and deeply principled. Ansel brings a builder’s mindset and a quiet clarity that anchors big ideas.

The duo left jobs at Bain Capital and JP Morgan to pursue this company, driven by a simple but urgent belief: if we can know in advance, we must.

What They're Building

Aslan is still operating in stealth, so we won’t say too much just yet. What we can share is that they’re working on a new layer of intelligence — one designed to help law enforcement surface early warning signs before violence occurs. It’s a technically ambitious system with a clear goal: to shift public safety from reactive to proactive.

2048 x Aslan Protects

We’re proud to have led Aslan’s $2.5M pre-seed round alongside our friends David Tisch and Claire Smilow at BoxGroup, Rahul Sidhu (CEO of Aerodome, acquired by Flock Safety), Alumni Ventures, and a group of mission-aligned investors.

They’re Hiring

While the company is operating quietly, the mission is very real — and very urgent.

If you’re an engineer with experience in ML or dual-use systems, and you want to work on something that matters, they’re hiring founding engineers. You’ll be working on hard problems in AI, public safety, and privacy — and helping build a platform that could save lives.

Reach out to me if you’d like to learn more or get connected: zann@2048.vc