Ajax Systems

Quick Take

Ajax is a foreign, privately held company, so the American style paper trail that defines most RedRightBuyer profiles simply does not exist here: there is no US corporate PAC, no federal lobbying registration, and no campaign finance record, and that absence says nothing about the company's politics. [7] What Ajax does have is a highly visible posture in its home country. Since 2022 the company has publicly aligned itself with Ukraine's defense against the Russian invasion, most concretely by co-developing a national air raid alert app. [1] That stance is a wartime and national one rather than a left or right position in the American sense, and it is the clearest political signal the company has put on the record.

From a Kyiv Startup to Europe's Biggest Alarm Maker

Ajax was founded in 2011 by Aleksandr Konotopskyi, who had earlier run Secur, one of Ukraine's largest distributors of security equipment. [4] Frustrated by the poor quality of the imported hardware he was reselling, he set out to build a better wireless alarm in Kyiv, and the product line grew into hubs, motion and door sensors, glass break and smoke and flood detectors, sirens, and later wired and video lines. [4] The company took a $1 million seed investment from the Ukrainian fund SMRK in 2015 and a $10 million Series A from the investment firm Horizon Capital in 2019, but it remains privately held, with Konotopskyi as founder and chairman of its supervisory board. [2][5][3] Forbes has ranked him among the twenty wealthiest people in Ukraine. [3]

Ajax runs full cycle production in Ukraine and has pushed to diversify geographically, opening its first plant abroad in Istanbul, Turkey and building out research and sales offices across Europe and beyond. [6] The company reports protecting millions of users worldwide and employing several thousand specialists. [2]

A Security Company That Went to War

The defining public act in Ajax's recent history is not a product launch but a wartime one. At the start of Russia's 2022 invasion, the company took what industry investigators described as a strong stand for Ukraine, and its developers helped create the Air Alert app that warns Ukrainians of incoming strikes, released in partnership with the government's Ministry of Digital Transformation. [1] The company says the app spread rapidly, reaching millions of Ukrainians. [2] Ajax also relocated equipment and staff out of Kyiv early in the war to keep operating, and it closed a research office in Kharkiv after Russian shelling. [2][9] In March 2022, days into the invasion, the company announced it was halting sales and closing its offices in Russia and shutting down its business in Belarus. [8][1] Ukrainian news outlets have since questioned how complete that withdrawal was, reporting that Ajax hardware is still sold to Russian buyers through online marketplaces and resellers in third countries; the same reporting notes there is no confirmation those sellers are authorized by Ajax, and RedRightBuyer has not independently verified the claims. [10] Its chief marketing officer has linked the company's turn toward global markets to 2014, the year Russia annexed Crimea. [9] The company frames all of this as a matter of national survival rather than partisan politics, and its public messaging leans on themes of protection, resilience, and Ukrainian engineering. [3]

Because Ajax is privately held and based in Ukraine, its political footprint has to be read through that home jurisdiction rather than through US disclosures. There is no US political action committee, no federal lobbying on record, and no reported US campaign contributions tied to the company. [7] Its documented political behavior is its public alignment with Ukraine's defense, and RedRightBuyer found no evidence of US partisan activity, donations, or positions on American social or cultural issues.

More Than an Air Raid App

Air Alert did not stay a simple warning tool. In December 2022 it partnered with UNITED24, the fundraising platform launched by Ukraine's president, so that the push notification marking the end of a raid also invites users to support the Ukrainian army, with donations routed through UNITED24 to buy reconnaissance drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. [10] The English version is voiced by the actor Mark Hamill, and Ajax's chief marketing officer described the feature as the company doing its part on the information front and helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces. [10] Through the app Ajax has run repeat fundraisers since then, raising more than 30 million hryvnia across its UNITED24 ambassador campaigns, including Mark Hamill's Drone Army drive and historian Timothy Snyder's Safe Skies air defense drive, along with funds for a Ukrainian National Guard brigade's medical service, and it built in the First Lady's national How Are You mental health program. [11][12] By its fourth anniversary in early 2026 the company reported the app had passed 46 million downloads and more than 6.7 million daily active users. [11]

What Ajax Makes

Ajax builds wireless security and smart home hardware: control hubs, motion detectors, door and window contacts, glass break and smoke and leak sensors, sirens, keypads, cameras, and a wired product line, all managed through a single mobile app. [4] The design forward approach has earned the brand a reputation in the trade press as a premium, professionally installed alternative to older alarm hardware. [4] Sales run largely through certified installers and distributors rather than direct to consumer. [6]

Coming to America

Long focused on Europe, Ajax has been building a presence in the United States and Canada, including hiring a regional sales director to lead the North American market. [6] That expansion is what brings a Kyiv based manufacturer into range of American buyers who may be weighing it against domestic brands. The company has continued a rapid product cadence, releasing dozens of new devices a year and adding manufacturing and research capacity internationally. [6]

Where to Find Them

Ajax sells through professional security installers and distributors in more than 180 countries, with its headquarters in Kyiv and production in Ukraine, Turkey, and Vietnam. [13] Its website is ajax.systems. [3]

Footnotes

[1] "Ukrainian Manufacturer Ajax Systems Stands Against Evil, Launches Defense App," IPVM, March 8, 2022. https://ipvm.com/reports/ajax-stands-against-evil

[2] Ajax Systems, "The history of Ajax Systems," company press page, accessed August 20, 2026. https://ajax.systems/company-history/

[3] Ajax Systems, "Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Ajax Systems," founder story, company page, accessed August 20, 2026. https://ajax.systems/founder-story/

[4] "Interview with Ajax Systems CEO Aleksandr Konotopskyi," EU-Startups, April 15, 2021. https://www.eu-startups.com/2021/04/interview_with_aleksandr_konotopskyi_ajax_systems/

[5] "Ajax Systems: a Professional Wireless Security System," Ukrainian Clusters (ucluster.org), January 2021 (SMRK 2015 seed and Horizon Capital 2019 Series A). https://ucluster.org/en/blog/2020/12/ajax-systems-a-professional-wireless-security-system/

[6] "Aleksandr Konotopskyi, Ajax Systems," SourceSecurity.com people profile and company news (Istanbul plant; North American sales expansion), accessed August 20, 2026. https://www.sourcesecurity.com/people/aleksandr-konotopskyi.html

[7] RedRightBuyer research note: as a privately held non US company, Ajax Systems has no committee on file with the U.S. Federal Election Commission and no U.S. federal lobbying registration; the absence of US disclosures is not evidence of political neutrality.

[8] Ajax Systems, "Ajax Systems closes business in Russia and Belarus," company blog, 2022, accessed August 20, 2026. https://ajax.systems/blog/ajax-systems-closes-business-in-russia/

[9] "Ajax Systems perseveres in the face of war," Security Info Watch (comments from Chief Marketing Officer Valentine Hrytsenko on the Kharkiv office closure and the company's post 2014 shift toward global markets), accessed August 20, 2026. https://www.securityinfowatch.com/alarms-monitoring/article/21268862/ajax-systems-perseveres-in-the-face-of-war

[10] UNITED24, "UNITED24 Presents a Jedi-themed Update for the Air Alert App: Mark Hamill English Voice Over and Donate Functionality are now live," u24.gov.ua, December 2022. https://u24.gov.ua/news/air_raid_alert

[11] Ajax Systems, "Fourth anniversary of the Air Alert app: over 46 million downloads and 6.7 million users," Ajax blog, March 2026. https://ajax.systems/blog/air-alert-fourth-anniversary/

[12] Ajax Systems, "Air Alert app update," Ajax blog (fundraising totals for the UNITED24 ambassador campaigns and the medical service of a Ukrainian National Guard brigade), accessed August 20, 2026. https://ajax.systems/blog/air-alert-disabling-the-increased-danger/

[13] "Ajax Systems in 2025: Scaling Security Technology Under Real-World Pressure," Digital State (digitalstate.gov.ua), January 2026 (fourth manufacturing facility in Hanoi, Vietnam). https://digitalstate.gov.ua/news/tech/iak-ajax-systems-2025-rotsi-masshtabuvala-bezpeku-na-hlobalnomu-rivni

[10] "Ukrainian Ajax is still available for purchase on Wildberries, Ozon, and ten other platforms in Russia," UA.NEWS, July 28, 2026. https://ua.news/en/war-vs-rf/ukrayinskii-ajax-dosi-prodaietsia-na-wildberries-ozon-i-shche-desiati-maidanchikakh-v-rf