Watson Realty Corp., a leading residential real estate brokerage in the Southeast, has announced an agreement with Bond (Nasdaq: OBAI), the world's only AI-powered Preventative Personal Security company, to provide personal security services to approximately 800 of its real estate agents across Florida and Georgia. The deployment gives agents access to Bond's combination of proprietary AI technology and 24/7 live Personal Security Agents, offering professional support during everyday activities such as meeting clients, showing properties, hosting open houses, and traveling alone between appointments.
This announcement comes ahead of REALTOR® Safety Month in September, highlighting the risks real estate agents face while working. Watson's deployment reflects a broader approach to personal security as a year-round business priority, expanding the traditional concept of employer duty of care beyond the office. It establishes a model for companies to provide personal security as an employee benefit for those whose jobs take them into the field.
William Watson III, President of Watson Realty Corp., emphasized the importance of this initiative: "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. Our agents are the heart of this company, and providing Bond is a meaningful investment in their safety, confidence and peace of mind."
Bond has created a new category of Preventative Personal Security, using AI and trained security professionals to identify and address potential risks before they escalate into emergencies. Members can access live Personal Security Agents within seconds for services including safety monitoring, security check-ins, threat deterrence, de-escalation, and coordination with first responders when necessary.
For real estate agents, this preventative model addresses a critical gap in traditional security. Agents routinely work alone, meet strangers, and enter unfamiliar or vacant properties without the security infrastructure of a conventional workplace. Bond is the only company built to provide professional personal security during the period before an emergency, making it possible for employers to extend meaningful protection to people wherever their jobs take them.
Doron Kempel, Founder and CEO of Bond, stated: "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. 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 demonstrates how AI is fundamentally changing the capabilities and economics of personal security. Traditional professional protection has depended 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 employees who work remotely, travel, enter customers' homes, or spend significant portions of their workday alone.
This capability expands what employers can provide as part of their duty of care. As work increasingly takes place in homes, vehicles, client locations, and public spaces, conventional workplace security often leaves employees unprotected. Bond offers a way to extend professional security into these environments and provide it broadly across a workforce.
For Watson, agents can carry a layer of professional security whether at an open house, meeting a prospective buyer, arriving at a vacant property, or traveling between appointments. The deployment complements existing safety practices while providing an immediate resource when something feels wrong. By protecting approximately 800 agents, Watson is helping establish a new benchmark for real estate companies and employers with mobile workforces.
This deployment points to a larger workforce-security challenge. Millions of Americans—including real estate professionals, home-health workers, salespeople, delivery and rideshare workers—regularly perform their jobs outside conventional workplaces. As employers compete to offer benefits that meaningfully improve lives, personal security represents a new frontier. Bond's Preventative Personal Security model makes this benefit possible at scale while preserving individual privacy and giving members control over when and how security services are activated.
