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Zenext: Transforming Public Safety through AI enabled Hands-free Technology

Seed and Progress Award

Progress Round Amount: $49,000 

Seed Round Amount: $30,000

Challenge Award 

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Project Summary

Zenext is a Voice-Command Virtual Assistant supporting law enforcement and emergency responders. An artificial intelligence enabled chatbot, Zenext bridges the gap between police officers and dispatchers and provides help and connectivity to important emergency agencies like Fire and EMT with voice interactions. The cornerstone of Zenext is public safety. Our target users are law enforcement officers (initially) and emergency responders (long-term) for whom technology needs to be simple to use and just-in-time.


Created August 3, 2020, Updated December 23, 2022