“At the end of the day, you know you’re getting into a safe car.”
Kerry KingBrown
Founder and Owner
BlackWolf
.…on expanding his Atlanta-based “armed driver” rideshare service to Dallas, Austin, and Houston, via the Dallas Morning News.
It’s been called “Uber with guns.” Now the Atlanta-based BlackWolf rideshare service—which features armed drivers with military or security backgrounds—is expanding to Dallas, Austin, and Houston, according to the Dallas Morning News’ Sarah Bahari.
Founder and owner Kerry KingBrown told the DMN his app-based startup, which has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram, is now recruiting drivers in the three Texas cities and hopes to launch by late 2024 or early 2025.
“It’s about protecting people,” he told the DMN. “Everybody deserves an opportunity, and everybody deserves a safe ride.”
Read more in the DMN story.
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