Watson Realty Corp., a major residential real estate brokerage in the Southeast, has announced an agreement with Bond (Nasdaq: OBAI) to provide Bond's AI-powered preventative personal security platform to approximately 800 of its agents in Florida and Georgia. The deployment gives agents 24/7 access to Bond's combination of proprietary AI technology and live Personal Security Agents, offering professional security support as they meet clients, show properties, host open houses, enter vacant homes, and travel alone between appointments.
The announcement comes ahead of REALTOR® Safety Month in September, underscoring the real estate industry's focus on agent safety. Watson's move reflects a broader approach to treating personal security as a year-round business priority and expanding the traditional concept of employer duty of care beyond office walls. It also establishes a model for how companies can provide personal security as an employee benefit to people whose jobs routinely take them into the field.
Real estate agents often work alone, meeting strangers and entering unfamiliar properties without the security infrastructure of a conventional workplace. Bond's preventative model addresses a critical gap by providing professional security during the period before a situation becomes an emergency. Members can access live Personal Security Agents within seconds for services such as safety monitoring, security check-ins, threat deterrence, de-escalation, and coordination with first responders when necessary.
“Real estate agents spend much of their working lives away from an office, often meeting people for the first time and entering properties alone. We believe they should have professional security resources available to them wherever their work takes them,” said William Watson III, President of Watson Realty Corp. “Our agents are the heart of this company, and providing Bond is a meaningful investment in their safety, confidence and peace of mind. If an agent feels uncomfortable about a situation, they shouldn’t have to wait until it becomes an emergency before they can get help.”
Bond has created a new category of Preventative Personal Security, using AI and trained security professionals to help identify and address potential risks before they escalate. “Watson deeply understands something every organization with a mobile workforce ultimately has to address: the workplace no longer ends at the office door, and neither should an employer’s commitment to its people,” said Doron Kempel, Founder and CEO of Bond. “Watson is leading by example and demonstrating what the new standard of duty of care can look like. AI is allowing us to democratize a level of preventative protection that historically was available only to executives and other highly protected individuals and make it available across an entire workforce.”
The agreement also demonstrates how AI is fundamentally changing the capabilities and economics of personal security. Traditional professional protection has relied on dedicated personnel, making it impractical for large workforces. Bond combines proprietary AI with 24/7 live Personal Security Agents to make professional-grade preventative security available at scale, including for remote employees, travelers, and those who enter customers' homes or work alone.
For Watson, this means agents can carry a layer of professional security everywhere they go. The deployment complements the safety practices agents already use while providing an immediate resource when something feels wrong. By protecting approximately 800 agents, Watson is helping establish a new benchmark for how real estate companies—and employers with mobile workforces more broadly—can approach the safety of their people.
Millions of Americans, including real estate professionals, home-health workers, salespeople, delivery and rideshare workers, regularly perform their jobs outside conventional workplaces without immediate backup. As employers compete to provide benefits that meaningfully improve employees' lives, personal security represents a new frontier. Bond's preventative model makes this benefit possible at scale while preserving privacy and giving members control over when and how security services are activated.
Watson Realty Corp. is a leading brokerage serving communities throughout Northeast and Central Florida and Southeast Georgia. Bond is the world's only AI-powered Preventative Personal Security company, enabling organizations to expand duty of care and provide personal security as an employee benefit, making protection historically reserved for executives accessible to entire workforces. For more information, visit newmediawire.com.
