Xplosion Technology

Xplosion Technology (also referenced as Xplosion Tech and Xplosion Technology Corp, and associated with the brand Greens by Xplosion Technology) develops wearable-sensor and software products for athletic performance, physical training and metabolic health. Its original offering pairs wearable sensors with a proprietary method described as The Homer Technique to generate reports for training staff on an athlete's susceptibility to injury, supported by a mobile application that assesses power and acceleration and tracks trends across movements such as swings and sprints.

The company has since extended into digital health. Federally funded work covers a mobile weight-loss management application that automates food-intake tracking using image recognition and machine learning, built around a nutrition data library for foods common in the African American community and paired with a social-network and game-like engagement layer, and a recruit activity-monitoring web dashboard in which students wear smartwatches and complete weekly remote cardio-training and nutrition modules so recruiters can monitor at-risk candidates preparing for military physical tests. Company-supplied positioning also describes an AI-based platform for carbohydrate counting and glucose management aimed at adolescents with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, delivered in partnership with healthcare organizations.

Founding story

Xplosion Tech was created by Kehlin Swain after a serious ankle injury sustained while he was a Division I college baseball athlete kept him from returning to his prior level of performance. While researching rehabilitation options he connected with professors working in entrepreneurship and biomechanics, and used his engineering background to build a prototype wearable device supported by an app. He later recruited engineering colleague Isis Ashford, who had faced a comparable injury issue as a track athlete, as co-founder.

Business model

Xplosion Technology sells technology-enabled assessment and monitoring products, working with training staff and sports organizations and partnering with healthcare organizations on its digital health platform. Non-dilutive federal SBIR awards have funded product development.

Traction

Engaged by the Miami Heat for an athlete injury assessment; won ten pitch competitions including the Fall 2018 Dallas Elevate My Business Challenge; awarded a $225,000 NSF grant and two SBIR Phase I awards totaling $327,360. A company directory listing places revenue under $1 million and headcount at 1-10, while the SBIR portfolio records four employees.