REPORT
December 10, 2025
December 10, 2025
Commissioned by Paladin Capital Group, and completed by PUBLIC with the support of Perspective Economics and leading cyberpsychologist and Paladin’s Chief Scientist in Safety Tech, Professor Mary Aiken, PhD, this report presents a comprehensive analysis of the global Safety Tech sector.
This study examines the international Safety Tech landscape, offering insights into market dynamics, emerging technologies, evolving threats, global policy and regulatory shifts, and investment opportunities. It also provides actionable recommendations to support the sector’s continued growth and innovation.
As the third edition of a multi-year International State of Safety Tech study commissioned by Paladin Capital, this report contributes to a broader effort to:
Building on our 2023 and 2024 analyses, this year’s report explores this global, mission-driven sector that is quickly expanding its customer base, technological scope, and market relevance.
With $1.1 billion invested in the sector this year and the scope of Safety Tech expanding to address AI Safety, Security, and Assurance, 2025 was a critical and exciting year for Safety Tech.
“Our research reveals that as the nature of human-to-technology interactions have changed - and with that the threat vectors and harm types that impact those interactions – so has the Safety Tech market.
Evolving against a complex global regulatory landscape, this market continues to grow and mature in exciting ways."
Ryan Shea (Managing Director, PUBLIC)
The evolution of Safety Tech is reflective of how digital products are changing, namely with the proliferation of Agentic AI systems that operate with little to no human oversight. These system can both shadow employee workflows or act on people’s behalf. Safety Tech is helping respond to this rise in automation by providing technical solutions for safer deployment of agentic systems.
Combining insights from expert interviews, desk research, and quantitative and qualitative analysis, the report uncovers key insights about the current state and future of the Safety Tech sector.
If you’d like to learn about this report and its findings, please reach out to Fernanda Ferreccio (Senior Associate, PUBLIC) at fernanda.ferreccio@public.io.
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