Built for the worst day

Built to bring people home.

Tenon Labs builds technology for the people who go out after the lost, and the officers who keep the rest of us safe. We find the gap that leaves them without the right tool, and we build the piece that fills it.

Reel 01 · First light Scroll
01 / Why we exist

We solve problems through technology, for good people. Every product fills a gap for a county, a community, a neighborhood, a family.

The overdue hiker. The child who wandered from the campsite. The hunter who never made it back to the truck. The deputy deciding whether a chase is worth the risk. Someone is out there carrying that weight. Tenon Labs exists to put better tools in their hands. Our faith shapes how we treat people. Our work is how we show it.

Mission01

Never quit. One team, one fight.

We build technology for the communities, search and rescue teams, rangers and officers who go out after the lost and keep watch over the rest of us. No search is too small, no terrain too big, and we don't stop until the person is found.

Values02

People above all.

The well-being and growth of our team, our partners, and the communities we serve come before any number on a spreadsheet. We are transparent and honest with the agencies who trust us, and the human element stays at the core of every decision.

Vision03

The tool they reach for first.

When someone goes missing on public land, we want every ranger, deputy and volunteer to have Tenon Labs in the truck. Built from real-world, hands-on experience, and setting a new benchmark for how fast a lost person comes home.

02 / In the field

No search too small. No terrain too big.

Our systems live in the back of the truck and go to work in the first minutes of a call, when the information is thinnest and the odds are best.

See the products
An open transit case on a ridge at dawn with small drones lifting out of their foam slots 01 · Stage
One case.Everything the team needs rides in a single case and is airborne in minutes.
Drones climbing out over a forested valley filled with morning fog 02 · Search
Cover the ground.Autonomous flight over terrain a team cannot cover on foot before dark.
A rescuer with a headlamp reaches a person sheltering under a rock at night 03 · Recover
Walk to the spot.The team walks to a location, not a search box. Someone goes home.
03 / The name

A tenon fills the gap and carries the load.

In a good joint, the tenon is cut to fit the exact gap it is meant to fill. Once it's in, it disappears into the work and holds for generations.

That is what we do. When a gap opens between a problem and the people responsible for it, a search that takes too long, a team without the right tool, a job nobody has built for yet, we build the custom piece that fills it. No off-the-shelf approximations. Cut to fit, built to hold.

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04How we work

Start with the gap. End with something that holds.

We don't sell a platform and go looking for problems to point it at. We start in the field, with the people who have the problem.

Listen

Find the gap

We listen to the rangers, deputies, volunteers and families who live with the problem, and find where the tools fall short.

Design

Build with them

The people who will use it are in the room from the first sketch. We build alongside them, not for them.

Build

Cut to fit

Custom to the job and the budget. No off-the-shelf approximations, no features nobody asked for.

Stand behind

Hold under load

Tested in the field, supported after delivery, and ours to stand behind on the worst day.

05Who we serve

The people who go out after the lost, and the ones who keep watch.

01Search & rescueCounty teams, volunteer units, and drone programs.
02National parks & forestsPark rangers and Forest Service crews responsible for millions of acres.
03Sheriffs & emergency managementThe agencies that own the search when a call comes in.
04Law enforcementPatrol officers and deputies who need eyes on a situation without putting the public, or themselves, at risk.
05Fire & EMSThe first on scene, with the least information.
06CommunitiesThe families waiting on the other end of the call.
06What we build

Every product fills a gap.

Each one starts with a person who needs help and the person whose job it is to get there. The details stay with our partners.

A rescuer stands beside an open transit case on an alpine meadow at sunrise as four small drones climb toward the far ridge
P-01Field trials next

BK9 Pack Mode

BlueK9 line · Search & rescue

BlueK9, running as a pack. Autonomous drones for search and rescue teams: a system that launches from a single case, covers the search area on its own, and gives the team a faster way to find the person.

  • One case, one operator, airborne in minutes.
  • Built with the county teams who will fly it.
Pack Mode pitch site
A park ranger at a trailhead pickup looks up from a tablet as a single small drone hovers above the tree line
P-02In development

BlueK9

Parks, forests & patrol

One drone for the first unit on scene. Built for the officers and rangers who patrol our parks, forests and communities, and who are usually the first and only unit on scene.

  • Fits in the truck, flies from the trailhead.
  • Its page is coming later.
Request the brief
A small drone lifting off a launcher on the roof of a patrol SUV on a rain-slick city street at night
P-03Proof of concept

TailHawk

Law enforcement

Eyes on a fleeing vehicle, without the chase. A single drone that keeps watch from altitude so officers can back off, slow down, and close in on their own terms instead of at highway speed.

  • Rides on the patrol car, so it is already there when a suspect runs.
  • Officers stay in the loop, and every flight is logged.
Request the brief

Product information, demos and the Pack Mode pitch site are shared only under NDA.

07 / Investors & partners

Join us early.

We're opening conversations with a small group of early partners who share the mission. If serving the public through technology is something you want to back, we'd like to meet.

A signed NDA is required before any meeting or product information. We'll send it with our reply.

What we'll walk you through, under NDA
  1. The companyWho we are, how we work, and the gaps we've chosen to fill first.
  2. The productsBlueK9 Pack Mode, with its live simulation and data room, and the BlueK9 and TailHawk briefs.
  3. The road aheadField trials, first pilots, and the team we're building to get there.