Evolv Express® Operating at Ten Professional Baseball Stadiums on MLB Opening Day 2024

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Evolv customer PNC Park in Pittsburgh recently ranked as #1 ballpark in the majors by USA Today

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Evolv Technology (NASDAQ: EVLV), the leading security technology company pioneering AI-based weapons detection to create safer experiences, today announced that a total of ten professional baseball teams are using the award-winning Evolv Express® system for guest ingress screening as of Opening Day 2024 (March 28). This roster includes, among others, the 2022 World Series Champion Houston Astros (Minute Maid Park), the New York Mets (Citi Field), and the company’s hometown Boston Red Sox (Fenway Park).

John Baier, Evolv’s vice president of sports, marked the occasion by stating, “Like baseball fans across the country, we celebrate Opening Day and the start of baseball in 2024. We greatly appreciate the trust that our customers place in Evolv to deliver fan-friendly security screening.” On the subject of fan-friendliness, Baier added, “We extend a special acknowledgement to the Pittsburgh Pirates and PNC Park, which was recently ranked by USA Today as the country’s #1 ballpark. We’re proud to be the Pirates’ Official Screening Partner and contribute to their exceptional fan experience.”

Evolv’s traction within professional baseball, with ten customers among the 30 teams, is mirrored in the other major North American sports leagues. To date, the company counts as customers 11 professional football teams, 10 professional soccer teams, nine professional hockey teams and seven professional basketball teams. Recent additions to the Company’s sports customer roster include: Sporting Kansas City, for whom Evolv is the Official Fan Screening Partner; Boston’s TD Garden, home of the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins, for which Evolv is the Official Fan Screening Provider; and the 95,000-seat Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia, the Company’s first deployment in the Southern Hemisphere.

This traction is evidence of Evolv’s strong sports industry value proposition and comprehensive customer service. Evolv Express is deployed at almost 50 major professional and collegiate sports venues. Beyond sports, Evolv’s systems are in use with more than 700 total customers, including leading theme parks, performing arts centers, and casinos, plus hundreds of schools and hospitals as well as houses of worship. Evolv Express systems screened more than one billion people and detect an average of more than 1,000 weapons on a typical day.

Evolv recently received recognition from Sports Business Journal, which named Evolv Express as both “Best in Fan Experience Technology” and “Best in Sports Technology” for 2024.

About Evolv Technology

Evolv Technology (NASDAQ: EVLV) is transforming human security to make a safer, faster, and better experience for the world’s most iconic venues and companies as well as schools, hospitals, and public spaces, using industry leading artificial intelligence (AI)-powered weapons detection and analytics. Its mission is to transform security to create a safer world to work, learn, and play. Evolv has digitally transformed the gateways in places where people gather by enabling seamless integration combined with powerful analytics and insights. Evolv’s advanced systems have scanned more than a billion people since 2019. Evolv has been awarded the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SAFETY Act Designation as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT) as well as the Security Industry Association (SIA) New Products and Solutions (NPS) Award in the Law Enforcement/Public Safety/Guarding Systems category, as well as Sport Business Journal’s (SBJ) awards for “Best In Fan Experience Technology” and “Best In Sports Technology”. Evolv Technology®, Evolv Express®, Evolv Insights®, Evolv Cortex AI®, and Evolv Visual Gun Detection™ are registered trademarks or trademarks of Evolv Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. For more information, visit https://evolvtechnology.com.

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Released March 27, 2024