AWS selects 13 startups to innovate public safety solutions through the GovTech Accelerator

Pictured: The AWS 2023 Justice and Public Safety GovTech Accelerator cohort at Amazon’s HQ2 for Week Zero, a three-day onboarding event to kick off the accelerator.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced 13 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS GovTech Accelerator. Launched in June at the AWS Summit in Washington, D.C., the Accelerator supports government technology (GovTech) startups as they develop innovative solutions enabling justice and public safety agencies to better serve their communities.

The selected startups are focused on a wide range of solutions for first responders, emergency services, corrections, and other public safety agencies. By leveraging AWS to develop the next generation of GovTech technology, the startups aim to address justice and public safety challenges, such as increasing community engagement, deterring crime, and reducing recidivism.

“911 call centers are facing unprecedented challenges, with high call volumes, legacy technology, and short staffing. Courts and other public safety organizations are being targeted by a rising number of cyber events,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. “The AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges. The thirteen startups selected have demonstrated a technology solution that has real-world application, and we are excited to work with them.”

The four-week Accelerator program kicks off this month and provides an opportunity for startups to receive a customized set of valuable business development resources as well as AWS tools and technical guidance to enhance each startup’s unique mission. The program will culminate with the 2023 AWS GovTech Accelerator demo day at the State of GovTech conference on November 14. This event provides an opportunity for Accelerator participants to showcase their cloud-powered solutions to justice and public safety agency leaders.

Meet the cohort

The startups were selected based on several factors including: the innovative and unique nature of each project, relevance to justice and public safety agencies, benefit the solution will add to the GovTech industry, the creative application of AWS technology, and the startups’ ability to deliver for identified constituent needs.

Pictured: The 13 startups selected for the AWS 2023 Justice and Public Safety GovTech Accelerator are focused on a wide range of solutions for first responders, emergency services, corrections, and other public safety agencies.

Learn about the startups and the problems they aim to solve:

10-8 Systems
Mission Viejo, CA
10-8 Systems offers advanced, cloud-native computer aided dispatch (CAD) and records management software (RMS) for law enforcement, emergency services, fire, and private security. Created by first responders, for first responders, the platform provides a cost-effective, modern solution for efficient dispatch, mobile CAD, records management, and more.

APDS
New York, NY
APDS empowers individuals impacted by the justice system in their pursuit of sustainable employment at no cost to them or their friends and family. The company’s innovative career readiness platform features the Whole Learner Framework, which focuses on engagement and personalized learning. APDS equips learners with skills for rewarding careers, while fostering societal strength by reducing recidivism rates.

Atlas One
Austin, TX
Atlas One is revolutionizing public safety communications by crowdsourcing anonymous tips, evidence, and information in local neighborhoods and communities, and automating time-consuming back-office tasks. The platform can improve public safety by automating alerts, encouraging citizen reporting and enhancing operational efficiencies—ultimately saving law enforcement agencies time and resources.

eHawk
Lees Summit, MO
eHawk is a criminal justice technology company driven by its innovative RePath platform. RePath seeks to decrease recidivism, increase operational efficiency, improve participant outcomes, and reinforce adherence to conditions in both pre-trial and post-trial supervision, showcasing a commitment to accountable practices and economical solutions.

ForceMetrics
Denver, CO
ForceMetrics enables enhanced public safety decision-making by streamlining data exploration and analytics across systems. ForceMetrics provides rapid access to vital information, empowering public safety professionals to make data-driven decisions for the benefit of the community.

Intrepid Networks LLC
Orlando, FL
The company’s flagship product, Intrepid Response, is an intuitive web and mobile software platform that empowers teams to communicate, collaborate, and coordinate over a shared operational picture for both day-to-day operations and emergency/incident response.

MedEx Forensics
Madison, WI
Medex Forensics develops and deploys digital forensic technology for public safety that can be used to identify abusive content and its origins, fight digital crime, and combat disinformation. The platform’s patented automated analysis reveals information not present in typical digital metadata, allowing for decisive insights into video evidence.

Multitude Insights
Cambridge, MA
Multitude Insights is a startup that analyzes, matches, and suggests collaborative opportunities between law enforcement agencies and public safety stakeholders. The company’s BULLETIN (BLTN) tool generates summaries of information and uses machine learning tools to aggregate relevant, disparate information to improve the accuracy of investigations.

R3 Score Technologies, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
R3 Score Technologies, Inc. is reinventing traditional criminal background checks with its socially responsible risk index. The company’s proprietary data-driven scoring algorithm uses 11 key factors to assess character, capacity, and current choice, to help employers hire candidates with arrest or conviction records in a compliant fashion.

Revir Technologies, Inc.
Austin, TX
Revir Technologies, Inc., created a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for Intelligent Digital Evidence Management Systems (iDEMS). Law enforcement, prosecutors, and public defenders can use the company’s AI-powered Scout PD platform to improve evidence management and accelerate discovery of truth.

School Guardian
Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
School Guardian is a school safety platform designed to improve security, agility, and communication with school communities. The platform combines artificial intelligence (AI), geolocation, QR codes, and more into a comprehensive solution capable of handling transportation routing, emergency management, access control, and more — all in one single place.

Wi-Fiber
Bethesda, MD
Wi-Fiber is a SMART Network infrastructure provider (Self-Forming Modular Autonomous Real-Time Turn-Key) that leverages hardware, software, services, and applications to connect and protect communities. The company’s Mobile Edge Compute Platform includes over 4,000 integrated technologies and is powered by AWS Direct Connect.

Zero Eyes
Conshohocken, PA
ZeroEyes is a human-verified AI weapons detection platform that identifies threats at first sight, helping detect and identify potential dangers. The software integrates into existing security and surveillance camera systems to provide intel for situational awareness that reduces response times and saves lives.

Go deeper on AWS Cloud for justice and public safety

Discover how AWS helps reimagine and build digitally enabled justice and public safety services. Plus, learn more about getting support from AWS Public Safety and Disaster Response Competency Partners and the justice and public safety solutions in AWS Marketplace, trusted technology providers, and consulting experts that offer law enforcement, emergency services, and criminal justice agencies a wide variety of cloud-based solutions.

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