PRAELIX was founded by defense veterans and infrastructure engineers who spent careers watching passive security fail at the worst possible moments. We built the platform we always needed — and never had.
Our Mission
The electrical grid, water systems, data centers, and pipelines that modern society depends on are protected by systems designed decades ago — cameras that record, alarms that notify, and guards who arrive after the damage is done.
PRAELIX exists to change that. We build active security systems that detect threats and stop them — autonomously, in real time, before damage occurs. Not after.
Our platform — ORCHESTRATOR, BEAM, and SHRIEK — is the first integrated active defense system purpose-built for critical infrastructure. It connects to what you already have and adds the response layer the world's most important facilities have always needed.
Leadership
Defense veterans, infrastructure engineers, and autonomous systems researchers — united by a single mission.
Scott brings over 25 years of experience in security systems and critical infrastructure protection. Scott started his security career in access control before moving to co-found Veracity USA. After 12 years of launching innovative products into the market, he sold out of Veracity to spend the next years honing his skills in consulting and new product development and launch. Scott is a proud graduate of the University of Texas and has worked across the globe delivering security products and infrastructure.
Josh is a collaborative and visionary technology leader, who has lead transformations, identified breakthrough strategies and driven their execution by implementing new technologies and processes. I partner with other leaders to manage technology operations while improving cost effectiveness, service quality, and IT operational effectiveness for the benefit of the business.
Our choice for this position brings with him a wealth of experience in mechanical and electrical engineering, hardware and software design, and has built a reputation for a unique ability to visualize and create products that fill needs.
How We Work
Every decision we make is grounded in one question: does this better protect critical infrastructure? We build for the hardest environments, not the easiest demos.
In active defense, milliseconds matter. We engineer for response times that no human-dependent system can match — because the threat doesn't wait.
We don't ask customers to rip out what they have. ORCHESTRATOR is built to activate the passive systems already in place — adding active response without starting over.
Active defense doesn't mean indiscriminate response. BEAM and SHRIEK are precision instruments — targeted, proportional, and designed to deter without unnecessary escalation.
PRAELIX was founded