Saving Lives Through Rapid Naloxone Access.
Kairos ORD develops scalable naloxone dispensing systems designed to reduce overdose deaths by placing life-saving medication exactly where it's needed most.
Every overdose
is a race against
the clock.
More than 100,000 Americans die from drug overdoses each year. The medication that reverses opioid overdose exists — and works in minutes. The failure isn't the medicine. It's the distance between the person in crisis and the dose that saves them.
Brain damage begins after only 2–3 minutes without oxygen during an opioid overdose.
of overdoses occur in private spaces where Naloxone is rarely on-hand.
overdose deaths happen within 1 mile of a healthcare facility — yet remain unreached in time.
A purpose-built dispenser
for the moment that matters.
Kairos units are smart, secure, and built for the critical instant. Each station instantly deploys Narcan when activated and automatically reloads the next dose for the next use — turning any wall, hallway, or cell block into a life-saving response point.
Instant access
Tamper-resistant release opens immediately in an emergency — no app, no account, no delay.
Auto-alerts staff & EMS
The moment a unit is activated and used, on-site staff and emergency services are notified — so bystanders can focus on deploying Narcan and assisting the victim.
Audit-grade logs
Compliance-ready event history for institutional reporting and oversight.
Hardened enclosure
ASTM-rated materials engineered for jails, transit, and outdoor sites.
Three steps between
crisis and recovery.
Identify
A bystander recognizes overdose signs. Kairos units are clearly marked, well-lit, and intuitive — designed for any first-time responder.
Access
One-touch emergency release dispenses Narcan instantly. No app, no account — and the moment the unit is activated and used, staff and EMS are auto-notified so bystanders can stay focused on the victim.
Administer
Visual + audio guidance walks the responder through nasal administration. EMS is auto-notified with location and event timestamp.
The same emergency.
Two completely
different outcomes.
Overdose begins
Bystander recognizes symptoms.
Search for Naloxone
No dose on-site. Frantic calls. Wait for EMS.
Brain damage starts
Oxygen deprivation crosses the irreversible threshold.
Outcome
EMS arrives — too often, too late.
Overdose begins
Bystander recognizes symptoms.
Activate Kairos unit
One-touch emergency release. No app, no account.
Narcan in hand. EMS notified.
Staff + emergency services alerted automatically.
Outcome
Reversal administered inside the survival window.
Built for the places
where minutes matter.
Kairos is built for operators on the front line of the opioid crisis — deploying where the data says lives can actually be saved.
Correctional Facilities
Reduce in-custody and post-release overdose deaths with audit-ready dispensing across cell blocks, intake, and release.
Municipalities
Deploy at transit hubs, libraries, parks, and government buildings — measurable, fundable public-health infrastructure.
Nightlife & Venues
Clubs, festivals, bars, and concert venues — the highest-risk environments for accidental opioid exposure. Discreet placement, anonymous access, fast response.
Nonprofits
Plug-and-play units for harm-reduction programs with audit-ready reporting and zero technical overhead.
Healthcare Systems
Extend Narcan access beyond the ER — into clinics, lobbies, and community sites.
Schools & Universities
Discreet, education-aligned units paired with training resources for resident advisors and staff.
Naloxone exists.
The medicine works.
The failure is distance —
and distance is solvable.
We measure our work in
the same unit as the crisis:
human lives.
U.S. overdose deaths annually — the crisis Kairos exists to reduce.
reduction in fatality risk when Narcan is administered within 3 minutes.
dispense time per Kairos unit — and the next dose auto-reloads for the next use.
From inquiry to
live deployment
in 30 days.
We've engineered the partnership process to be as fast and frictionless as the device itself.
Discovery call
30-minute scoping session — environment, scale, funding sources, and timeline. No commitment.
Site assessment
We map placement, integrations, training needs, and reporting requirements with your team.
Install & train
Units delivered, mounted, and commissioned. On-site or virtual staff training included.
Live + reporting
Units active. Real-time telemetry dashboard delivered. Outcome reports ready for boards and stakeholders.
We're early.
That's the opportunity.
Kairos ORD is a pre-deployment startup seeking the partners, funders, and investors who want to help build the response infrastructure the opioid crisis demands.
Foundation & public-health grants
- Actively seeking SAMHSA, HRSA, and state opioid-response funding to scale early deployments
- Open to foundations focused on harm reduction, public health, and the opioid crisis
- Built to measure outcomes — every unit becomes evidence for the next funding cycle
First-wave pilot partners
- Looking for our first deployment sites — correctional, municipal, healthcare, or nonprofit
- Co-designed pilots with outcome dashboards and audit-ready reporting
- Onboarding, training, and field support included end-to-end
Mission-aligned capital
- Recurring-revenue model on a public-health distribution gap
- Multi-billion-dollar TAM across U.S. crisis-response spend
- Founders open to strategic, values-aligned partners
What partners
usually ask first.
Don't see your question? Send it through the form — we typically reply within one business day.
Pricing is structured around your environment and scale — typically a per-unit hardware fee plus a service tier covering telemetry, refills, reporting, and support. We're happy to build a cost model specific to your site during the discovery call.
Kairos units auto-monitor inventory and expiration dates and alert the assigned operator the moment a dose is dispensed or approaching expiration. Refills can be handled by your staff, by Kairos field service, or by a local pharmacy partner — whichever fits your operating model.
All 50 U.S. states have Good Samaritan and standing-order laws that protect lay-bystander Naloxone administration. We help you align deployment with your jurisdiction's specific framework and provide audit-grade logs that demonstrate compliance for legal, public-health, and grant reviewers.
Each unit captures a time-stamped event log for every activation, refill, audit, and tamper event — plus inventory and expiration telemetry. No personally identifying information about the responder or victim is recorded. Data is delivered to your operations dashboard and can be exported for grant and board reporting.
Units are designed for first-time responders — no app, no account, no training required to use. For institutional partners (correctional, school, healthcare), Kairos provides on-site or virtual staff training during the install week, plus printable quick-reference materials and a refresher cadence.
Yes. Each unit holds multiple doses and instantly auto-reloads the next dose after every use, so the device is ready for the next emergency without staff intervention.
Not yet. Kairos ORD is a pre-deployment startup actively seeking our first pilot sites and grant funding. That's the opportunity — early partners help shape the product, the data, and the outcome story that funds the next wave of deployments.
We're focused on U.S. deployments for our initial pilot wave, but we welcome conversations with international partners. Reach out via the contact form and we'll follow up to discuss timing.
A distribution
problem, solved
with intent.
Kairos is the Greek word for the right moment — the critical instant when action changes outcome. The opioid crisis is built of those moments, and most of them are lost waiting for help that doesn't arrive in time.
Kairos ORD LLC is a mission-driven startup engineering the infrastructure to close that gap. We don't make Naloxone — we make sure the Naloxone that already exists is where, when, and how it's needed, with the audit-grade rigor that public health and correctional environments require.
Founded by operators with backgrounds in public health, hardware, and correctional reform, Kairos ORD treats every deployed unit as an instrument — measuring response time, dose accessibility, and outcomes — so each next site is smarter than the last.
- Overdose deaths reached an all-time U.S. peak — budgets are mobilizing.
- Federal opioid-response funding is at its highest level in history.
- Naloxone is now over-the-counter — distribution, not the drug, is the gap.
- Standing-order laws now active in all 50 states.
We're building this
with the public, for
the public.
Kairos ORD is a mission-driven LLC, not a 501(c)(3) — contributions are not tax-deductible. But every dollar, intro, and share moves a unit closer to a wall, a hallway, or a cell block where someone's life will depend on it.
Back our mission
A direct contribution helps fund our first units, pilots, and the data that makes the case for the next wave.
Open a door
Introduce us to a county, a foundation, or a system leader who needs this on the ground.
Amplify the work
Share Kairos with your network — every visibility win moves the response gap closer to closed.
Tell us where
to deploy next.
Whether you're running a county jail, a school system, a transit authority, or a foundation — we'll walk you through what a Kairos pilot looks like in your environment.